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An Indian game that transfixed Victorian England

The snakes and ladders on the board were meant to function as karmic devices, either thwarting or aiding a player’s efforts to reach the end goal.

24 June 2023, 20:15 IST

An Indian game that transfixed Victorian England

An Indian game that transfixed Victorian England

An Indian game that transfixed Victorian England

24 June 2023, 20:15 IST

A Delhi Durbar to remember...

The event was held in honour of Queen Victoria, and the highlight of the ceremonial proceedings was that the Queen would officially be proclaimed the Empress of India or Qaisar-i-Hind.

12 June 2023, 04:47 IST

A Delhi Durbar to remember...

A Delhi Durbar to remember...

A Delhi Durbar to remember...

12 June 2023, 04:47 IST

Painting a murder trial

These images provide a fascinating insight into the social world of 19th-century Calcutta.

30 April 2023, 00:22 IST

Painting a murder trial

Painting a murder trial

Painting a murder trial

30 April 2023, 00:22 IST

Headlong into Wonderland

Summer is a great time to read. Or so everyone says. But what are we reading? And are we reading at all? Is the Indian reader of English rather like Alice — falling heedlessly through the rabbit hole?

30 April 2023, 00:22 IST

Headlong into Wonderland

Headlong into Wonderland

Headlong into Wonderland

30 April 2023, 00:22 IST

Glories and whimsies of 70s Delhi

This is a delicious coming-of-age novel in which silence is loud and love for an era gone by is not whitewashed by facile nostalgia.

30 April 2023, 00:21 IST

Glories and whimsies of 70s Delhi

Glories and whimsies of 70s Delhi

Glories and whimsies of 70s Delhi

30 April 2023, 00:21 IST

What’s behind the painting?

This debut novel manages to thread together seemingly disparate real-life-inspired stories without slackening the tempo.

11 March 2023, 20:02 IST

What’s behind the painting?

What’s behind the painting?

What’s behind the painting?

11 March 2023, 20:02 IST

Where the earth is better than heaven

Jain cosmology is elaborately structured, with a degree of layered symmetry and repetition and the images are a fascinating record of a complex worldview.

28 January 2023, 20:06 IST

Where the earth is better than heaven

Where the earth is better than heaven

Where the earth is better than heaven

28 January 2023, 20:06 IST

The travesty of attacks on Christians in Chhattisgarh

The attacks in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur symbolise the hatred the Bharat Jodo Yatra is supposedly opposing

07 January 2023, 06:49 IST

The travesty of attacks on Christians in Chhattisgarh

The travesty of attacks on Christians in Chhattisgarh

The travesty of attacks on Christians in Chhattisgarh

07 January 2023, 06:49 IST

A hymn to futility

The language is everyday, almost stark yet so gentle that when tragedy hits, it seems just an occurrence.

31 December 2022, 20:15 IST

A hymn to futility

A hymn to futility

A hymn to futility

31 December 2022, 20:15 IST

'Christmas is not a foreign festival'

Editors and writers Jerry Pinto and Madhulika Liddle have brought out 'Indian Christmas', an anthology which showcases how Christmas is truly an Indian festival.

24 December 2022, 20:15 IST

'Christmas is not a foreign festival'

'Christmas is not a foreign festival'

'Christmas is not a foreign festival'

24 December 2022, 20:15 IST