This was not a luxury train, but even here, as in Indian society as a whole, the distinctions between the haves and the ...

Holi, the festival of colours, is one of the most joyful and widely celebrated festivals in India. It marks the victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring. Holi is a time for fun, laughter, ...

India, despite one of the world’s most diverse cultural ecosystems, has been falling behind in cultural diplomacy.

The ‘Great Globalization Tamasha’ and the internet have wreaked havoc on the sanctity of Indian culture, transforming it into a chaotic, yet undeniably entertaining, global tamasha. Gone are the days ...

ICSE exam papers were set and corrected in England until 1970, decades after independence. The shift to an Indian evaluation ...

Art historian and curator Seema Bhalla explores the journey of courtesans in India in this book of essays, dispelling myths ...