I was recently nudged into watching S.N.S. Sastry’s classic Films Division film, I am 20. I had previously seen the film on the screen when it was a standard component of both film apprecia...

An amphitheatre, water bodies and a children’s play area have been built. A restaurant and an Interpretation Centre, with the history of India since 1857, including the three durbars, is also on...

Primary schools have traditionally focused on teaching young students social skills, the alphabet and simple language, and basic math. In France, they might soon add a new element to the curriculum: i...

 Over in Miami, Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson co-hosted a bash. They opened together with a rap parody version of Will Smith’s “Miami”. Other performers included Brandi Carlile,...

Book: Meat, Mercy, Morality: Animals and Humanitarianism in Colonial Bengal, 1850-1920 Author: Samiparna Samanta Publisher: Oxford Price: Rs 1,695 The title of Samiparna Samanta’s book, Meat...

Asoka the Great has found himself in the middle of a reputational battle in Bihar, around 2,250 years after his death. Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) vice-president Daya Prakash Sinha h...

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Martin Luther King had dreamt that “one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low” for people of colour. That dream is about to come true as a team of ni...

It is among the ironies of American history that both the opponents and the defenders of hierarchy cast their views, and their struggles, in terms of freedom and liberty. Would-be settlers coveting na...