Bababudangiri A battlefront in the southVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDThe Sri Guru Dattatreya Bababudan Swamy Dargah in Karnataka, a symbol of syncretic culture venerated by both Hindus and Muslims, is caught in a legal
History Tipu in MalabarVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDin KozhikodeTipu Sultan’s largesse to temples as recorded in the 19th century Inam Registers of Malabar shows that he was sensitive to the religious sensibiliti
Bose in SingaporeVikhar Ahmed SayeedFOR Subhas Chandra Bose, violent armed struggle was an option unlike the non-violent creed of the Mahatma Gandhi-led Congress in attaining independenc
Spotlight A family finds its sepoy sonVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDin SingaporeSrikantaraj Urs, a sepoy in the 1st Mysore Infantry regiment of the princely state of Mysore, died fighting on the side of British India in Singapore,
Personality The Chimpanzee LadyVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDJane Goodall, whose pioneering work on chimpanzee behaviour gave primatology a new direction, calls for urgent measures to save the planet and its wil
Travel An oasis in the cold desertVikhar Ahmed SayeedPhotographs by Ansh Ranvir VohraLife in the last villages close to the LoC in Ladakh, which were in Pakistan's control till 1971, seems caught in a time warp, though tourism is slowl
Public health Beware the ticks of KyasanurVIKHAR AHMED SAYEED in Thirthahalli (Shivamogga)Valpoi (North Goa)Banda (Sindhudurg)Kyasanur forest disease, a viral infection that can be fatal, has spread beyond the forests of Shivamogga in Karnataka, where it was first discovered
Anganwadi workers Caregivers’ plightVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDA recent protest in Karnataka draws attention to the poor pay and service conditions of the women who run anganwadi services in the country, protectin
Public Health A tale of exploitationVikhar Ahmed SayeedThe large number of unwarranted hysterectomies performed in Kalaburagi seem to make a pattern.
Behind the mutiniesVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDThe volume explores how 19th century mutinies were connected to the issues of honour and justice, paternalistic relations, structures of deference, an
Cry for kambalaVIKHAR AHMED SAYEED in MangaluruFollowing the jallikattu protests, people in the coastal districts of Karnataka take up the cause of kambala, a buffalo racing event that is going thr
History Tipu—fact & fictionVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDThe opposition to the celebration of Tipu Jayanti in Karnataka is rooted in a distorted narrative of history that portrays the Mysore ruler as a relig
Behemoth studios in the era of pan-Indian films Yash Raj Films used to set trends, not follow them. Can it turn the tide?
SlideshowStepping into a male bastionWith their entry, it’s curtains for a 90-year-old, male-only tradition at the Kalamandalam.
