By Vedica Kant
Millions of colonial subjects fought alongside their ‘masters’ in World War I. Long ignored by both coloniser and colonised, are these forgotten soldiers now getting their due, asks Vedica Kant
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By Shreevatsa Nevatia
Banaras is so old, so steeped in its own legend, that we forget it still breathes, that life goes on and that it has new stories to tell, argues Shreevatsa Nevatia
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By Iona Italia
In India, #MeToo has been criticised as urban and elite, irrelevant to the lives of most women. But can it force a public conversation on topics that were once taboo, asks Iona Italia
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By Rakhshanda Jalil
Urdu writer Ibn-e-Safi’s highly popular crime novels remind us of a lost fantasy—a world of unlikely internationalism, glamorous intrigue and deep secularism, writes Rakhshanda Jalil
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By Shreevatsa Nevatia
Childhood can be a time of cosy confidences—or experiences so devastatingly adult a child can never share them. Shreevatsa Nevatia on the trauma of childish secrets
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By Sharif S Elmusa
Part of the Zionist vision for Israel was to return to prehistory, to the Biblical land of milk and honey. As if planting trees over villages would remove every trace of their Arab inhabitants, writes Sharif S Elmusa
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By A Ramachandran
Artist A Ramachandran’s richly metaphorical trees are a visual feast and a botanist’s confusion, writes Rupika Chawla
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By Lola Mac Dougall
Cristina de Middel’s latest photographic work focuses on India, drawing connections with Charlie Chaplin in a characteristically whimsical style, writes Lola Mac Dougall
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By Jaya Jaitly
Indian art, craft and textiles have a richly diverse tradition of drawing materials and metaphors from nature, writes Jaya Jaitly
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By Anita Roy
Viewing a work by environmental artist David Nash can involve a journey—into a forest. Anita Roy makes a pilgrimage to a remote wood in North Wales
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