The dominant figure in Indian politics for nearly two decades, she was elected prime minister four times before being assassinated by her bodyguards.

BERLIN, winter 2026: the Berlinale film festival, with thick snow on the ground. But we’re cosy in the modernist brick surrounds of the Akademie der Kunste. On stage, the man who knows more about ...

If you’re on Beach Road in Puducherry, be sure to say hi to Constable Singham, a smiling, stationary humanoid with a statement moustache and crisp khaki uniform. He is programmed to tell you about the ...

Mangalesh Dabral’s prose-poem A Letter to Children is one of those rare works of literature that transcends its immediate cultural context and becomes a moral compass for our times. Written in Hindi ...

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