Written by Jahnavi Misra, The Punished; Stories of Death Row Prisoners in India is based on interviews with condemned prisoners and their families done by the criminal justice cent ... Read more
Written by Jahnavi Misra, The Punished; Stories of Death Row Prisoners in India is based on interviews with condemned prisoners and their families done by the criminal justice centre, Project 39A. Great poverty, torture, and mental illness are recurring themes in this collection that aims to make readers understand the people we want to kill. Read more
The man who befriends crocodiles, the fate of the blind Gangetic dolphin, the joy of a flock of rosy starlings on a semal, and the tragedy of the Indian elephant - conservationist ... Read more
The man who befriends crocodiles, the fate of the blind Gangetic dolphin, the joy of a flock of rosy starlings on a semal, and the tragedy of the Indian elephant - conservationist Neha Sinha, author of Wild & Wilful talks about all that in the Books & Authors podcast this week. Read more
The man who befriends crocodiles, the fate of the blind Gangetic dolphin, the joy of a flock of rosy starlings on a semal, and the tragedy of the Indian elephant - conservationist ... Read more
The man who befriends crocodiles, the fate of the blind Gangetic dolphin, the joy of a flock of rosy starlings on a semal, and the tragedy of the Indian elephant - conservationist Neha Sinha, author of Wild & Wilful talks about all that in the Books & Authors podcast this week. Read more
Sunita Dwivedi, author of Buddha in Gandhara, travelled across Pakistan and Afghanistan to visit the numerous Buddhist sites there. In this episode of the Books & Authors podca ... Read more
Sunita Dwivedi, author of Buddha in Gandhara, travelled across Pakistan and Afghanistan to visit the numerous Buddhist sites there. In this episode of the Books & Authors podcast she talks about circumambulating a stupa in a burqa, staring in wonder at the architecture of the caves in Bamiyan, and of the great need to preserve Buddhist heritage sites across South Asia. Read more
Sunita Dwivedi, author of Buddha in Gandhara, travelled across Pakistan and Afghanistan to visit the numerous Buddhist sites there. In this episode of the Books & Authors podca ... Read more
Sunita Dwivedi, author of Buddha in Gandhara, travelled across Pakistan and Afghanistan to visit the numerous Buddhist sites there. In this episode of the Books & Authors podcast she talks about circumambulating a stupa in a burqa, staring in wonder at the architecture of the caves in Bamiyan, and of the great need to preserve Buddhist heritage sites across South Asia. Read more
Operation West End, match fixing, sting operations in public interest, and the current state of Indian journalism, Aniruddha Bahal, author of A Taste for Trouble; Memories from Ano ... Read more
Operation West End, match fixing, sting operations in public interest, and the current state of Indian journalism, Aniruddha Bahal, author of A Taste for Trouble; Memories from Another Time and editor-in-chief of Cobrapost discusses all that in this week's Books & Authors podcast with Manjula Narayan. Read more
Operation West End, match fixing, sting operations in public interest, and the current state of Indian journalism, Aniruddha Bahal, author of A Taste for Trouble; Memories from Ano ... Read more
Operation West End, match fixing, sting operations in public interest, and the current state of Indian journalism, Aniruddha Bahal, author of A Taste for Trouble; Memories from Another Time and editor-in-chief of Cobrapost discusses all that in this week's Books & Authors podcast with Manjula Narayan. Read more
From Uchchaishravas to Prithviraj Chauhan's Chetak and Ranjit Singh's Laili, horses were an integral part of the Indian landscape, myth, and history. Author of The Tale of the Hors ... Read more
From Uchchaishravas to Prithviraj Chauhan's Chetak and Ranjit Singh's Laili, horses were an integral part of the Indian landscape, myth, and history. Author of The Tale of the Horse, Yashaswini Chandra talks of the import of horses from central Asia and Arabia, of the indigenous breeds like the Kathiawari and the Manipuri, of Shah Jahan's favourite piebald horse, of expert Maratha women equestrians, of artists like Bagta, and of Rajput legends in a fantastically horsey conversation on Books & Authors this week. Read more
From Uchchaishravas to Prithviraj Chauhan's Chetak and Ranjit Singh's Laili, horses were an integral part of the Indian landscape, myth, and history. Author of The Tale of the Hors ... Read more
From Uchchaishravas to Prithviraj Chauhan's Chetak and Ranjit Singh's Laili, horses were an integral part of the Indian landscape, myth, and history. Author of The Tale of the Horse, Yashaswini Chandra talks of the import of horses from central Asia and Arabia, of the indigenous breeds like the Kathiawari and the Manipuri, of Shah Jahan's favourite piebald horse, of expert Maratha women equestrians, of artists like Bagta, and of Rajput legends in a fantastically horsey conversation on Books & Authors this week. Read more
The Sindhi community in India has been stereotyped as both enterprising and hardworking, and cutthroat and flashy. Saaz Aggarwal, editor of 'Sindhi Tapestry; Reflections on the Sin ... Read more
The Sindhi community in India has been stereotyped as both enterprising and hardworking, and cutthroat and flashy. Saaz Aggarwal, editor of 'Sindhi Tapestry; Reflections on the Sindhi Identity', talks about Partition, cultural amnesia, and much more. Read more
