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Archaeology

Could a 12th-century well in Kerala be the clue to a kingdom long lost?

Nidheesh M.K.

Oral tradition says the big well in Malappuram existed in the kingdom of the Cochin royals.

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International Museum Day

How did the Indian Museum in Kolkata commemorate International Museum Day?

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

The Indian Museum takes visitors on a journey through history with its rare public exhibition of never-before-displayed artefacts.

Archaeology

Iraq: An ancient city emerges from the water in archaeology sensation

Deutsche Welle

Iraq’s extreme drought give German and Kurdish archaeologists a chance to examine a 3,400-year-old Bronze Age city.

Syncretic harmony in Bidar

VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED

A walk through a festival in Bidar commemorating a Bahmani Sultan venerated equally by Hindus and Muslims.

Photo Essay

Living on the edge: Assam's Mising tribe

Ritu Raj Konwar Photographs by Ritu Raj Konwar

They are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis

Living on the edge

Ritu Raj Konwar Photographs by Ritu Raj Konwar

They are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis

HISTORY

Syncretic harmony: Walking through Ashtoor jatre in Bidar

VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED

A walk through a festival in Bidar commemorating a Bahmani Sultan venerated equally by Hindus and Muslims.

Battle over memorials

Sachidananda Mohanty

Dealing with a problematic colonial or racial past requires a nuanced approach rather than an attempt to “correct” historical wrongs by tearing down o

History

Battle over memorials and statues and what they represent

Sachidananda Mohanty

Dealing with a problematic colonial or racial past requires a nuanced approach rather than an attempt to “correct” historical wrongs by tearing down o

Restoration

How the Gaiety Theatre in Shimla was restored

Ashok Thakur

The story of how the Gaiety Theatre in Shimla was restored to its former glory.

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Heritage

Nalanda: More than just a premier monastic-cum-scholastic establishment of ancient and early medieval India

Shashank Shekhar Sinha Photographs by Shashank Shekhar Sinha

Recent scholarship has brought about a shift in the way Nalanda, the world’s most ancient university, is seen. It appears to have had larger geo-cultu

Could a 12th-century well in Kerala be the clue to a kingdom long lost?

(de)Coding Mumbai: Story of a growing city

How did the Indian Museum in Kolkata commemorate International Museum Day?

Iraq: An ancient city emerges from the water in archaeology sensation

Living on the edge: Assam's Mising tribe

Syncretic harmony: Walking through Ashtoor jatre in Bidar

Battle over memorials and statues and what they represent

How the Gaiety Theatre in Shimla was restored

(de)Coding Mumbai: Story of a growing city

Could a 12th-century well in Kerala be the clue to a kingdom long lost?

How did the Indian Museum in Kolkata commemorate International Museum Day?

Iraq: An ancient city emerges from the water in archaeology sensation

Syncretic harmony in Bidar

Living on the edge: Assam's Mising tribe

Living on the edge

Syncretic harmony: Walking through Ashtoor jatre in Bidar

Battle over memorials

Battle over memorials and statues and what they represent

How the Gaiety Theatre in Shimla was restored

Nalanda: More than just a premier monastic-cum-scholastic establishment of ancient and early medieval India

columns

Regime change in Bihar gives Opposition a new lease of life

Slideshow

Tibetan diaries