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India Hit by Hormuz Crisis as Iran War Sends Oil Prices Soaring
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (1737+ words) Published: Apr 29, 2026 09: 37 IST - 19 MINS READ But there is no decisive punch in the Iran conflict. Nor are there compromises amid the irreconcilable positions. This war of attrition will end when one side walks away in pain, holding little but fig…...
How the Mughals Shaped Modern India's Identity
16+ hour, 45+ min ago (206+ words) Published: Apr 28, 2026 18: 15 IST The most striking Mughal innovation was the composition of its ruling elite. The mansabdari system integrated military and civil administration, drawing on Turanis (Central Asians), Iranis (Persians), Indian Muslims, Rajputs, and others. By 1600, over 20 per cent of…...
Kalimpong: A hill town shaped by memory and migration
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (9+ words) How a wedding revealed Kalimpong's layered Himalayan past...
Kolkata's Chinese kitchens: Food, medicine, memory
17+ hour, 25+ min ago (180+ words) Published: Apr 28, 2026 17: 35 IST This dish strikes the right balance between "heating" and "cooling" elements. The broth contains fat from the chicken or fish, but is not greasy. It is lightly flavoured, without the use of chillies, peppers, oils, or spices....
The Great Nicobar Project: Documenting the Costs of "Haste Dressed Up as Vision"
16+ hour, 59+ min ago (419+ words) Published: Apr 28, 2026 18: 00 IST Several contributors return to a deceptively simple question: Can ecological fragility coexist with infrastructural gigantism in such a setting? This reframing is important. Security is often imagined in concrete, steel, and logistics networks but rarely in intact…...
Victory Without Memory: How the West is Rewriting the Second World War
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (38+ words) From the Soviet Union's erasure in VE Day commemorations to the militarised mythologising of history, Europe's 80th anniversary of victory exposes a troubling convergence of selective memory, geopolitical hypocrisy, and the ongoing weaponisation of the past....
Jiri Menzel: Closely Watched Trains Revisited (1966)
16+ hour, 23+ min ago (320+ words) Published: Apr 28, 2026 18: 36 IST - 10 MINS READ Following the international success of Closely Watched Trains, Menzel made a film adaptation of Vladislav Van'ura's novel, Capricious Summer. He also acted in the film in the major role of the acrobat. His love of…...
Defining Modern Hinduism: Rajmohan Gandhi on the Shift from Ethic to Identity
21+ hour, 22+ min ago (561+ words) Published: Apr 28, 2026 13: 37 IST - 8 MINS READ Attempting a definition, Rajmohan Gandhi turns to D. S. Sarma, a scholar associated with the Ramakrishna Mission, who in 1966 described Hinduism as "at times seeming a religion more of birth and race than that of belief" an…...
Beyond Statist Tropes: How Kinship and Trade Redefine the Himalayan Borderlands
21+ hour, 16+ min ago (310+ words) Published: Apr 28, 2026 13: 43 IST - 7 MINS READ Despite these shortcomings, In the Margins of Empiresis a valuable contribution to Himalayan and South Asian studies. The book succeeds in fostering critical conversations on the Eastern Himalaya, offering a foundation for future scholarship to…...
How the Supreme Court hardened UAPA bail rules in Delhi riots case
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (454+ words) Published: Apr 27, 2026 16: 34 IST This is evident in the court's treatment of Imam. The court points to call detail record (CDR)/location material, a protected witness statement, and Imam's speeches that are said to endorse "chakka jam" and disruption of essential…...