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There is a memory Goral Rajesh keeps coming back to. Her grandmother in the kitchen, the smell of something warm and sweet filling the house, and a...
Every year, on the second Sunday of May, we celebrate mothers. We thank them for their sacrifices, patience and love. But there is a particular kind...
Summer vacations, once upon a time, didn’t begin with a buzz in your pocket, they arrived slowly, almost unnoticed, like a long, golden afternoon...
Originally reported and written in March 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Kanchan (name changed) is currently...
Originally reported and written in March 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. “To me, Ravi [Baswani] was Jaane...
In Gonda, a male Ganges River Dolphin was recently found trapped in a narrow canal, cut off from the main river system. The water around it was...
The next time a Hollywood costume makes you pause, look a little closer. Maybe it is Belle’s yellow gown catching the light in Beauty and the Beast....
Where do we come from? Where are we heading? The last place you’d expect to be reminded of these existential realities is in a park. But brace...
Visualise a road that coils endlessly across the mountains, each bend revealing a new horizon of mist, forest, and sky. Prayer flags flutter in the...
Originally reported and written in March 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. “Recycling cannot simply be a...
Originally reported and written in March 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. While working as a software engineer...
On a humid afternoon in Mumbai’s Bhandup, the smell of rain still lingers in the air. The lanes are busy, children weave through traffic, and in a...
At 5:15 one March morning, Harun walked into Khargram town market in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district wearing a T-shirt and shorts. He looked like...
When summer heat makes many leafy greens wilt, malabar spinach does the opposite. It climbs, thickens, and keeps sending out glossy green leaves that...
In scattered clearings across the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, small groups move through thickets that were once difficult to enter. They cut, pull,...
What if your daily commute felt less like a battle and more like a breath of fresh air? In Chandigarh, that possibility already exists — woven into...
Originally reported and written in March 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. In India, plus-size people face...
In a small village in Tamil Nadu, a man once found himself at the centre of ridicule for doing something most people refused to even speak about. He...
Originally reported and written in March 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. The legacy of Indian spices is a...
Across western India, the caracal, once widespread across its dry landscapes, is now close to local extinction. But the good news is that recent...
When Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story dropped in 2020, it didn’t just trend; it lingered. The background score became a ringtone staple, dialogues...
The author of this article Swapna Ghosh was once a national scholar in Botany and an active PhD researcher at Burdwan University. She has been a...
It was a New Year's Eve house party, somewhere in the years before any of this had a name. The host kept telling the room that the party...
When panic swept through Jabalpur, it was not trained rescuers but a group of 35 labourers who stepped forward to save lives. The incident unfolded at...
There was a certain hour in many Indian homes when the day seemed to loosen its grip. In that pause, a comic would emerge, creased, shared, sometimes...
Picture this: you are standing in a village in Leh in February. Snow is everywhere — on the rooftops, packed into the mountain slopes, gleaming off...
Originally reported and written in March 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. The air at Villa Saudade — a...
From mud homes in the deserts of Rajasthan to houses made only with old beer bottles — sustainable homes are the talk of the town these days, and so...
Imagine standing in the middle of a dense forest. You can hear leaves rustle, a distant alarm call echoes, and suddenly, a tiger walks past, close...
India’s mango diversity is among the highest in the world, with official horticultural records noting that the country grows over a thousand...
In a part of Gujarat where summers can stretch water supplies thin, forests are doing a job usually reserved for dams and reservoirs. Over the past...
Pritha Sen (66) does not think of herself as a great cook. Instead, she describes herself as “a deconstructor of food”. Her career as a...
Pratap Gavaskar has been growing mangoes in Vengurla for most of his 65 years. He knows what Alphonso is supposed to look like, how it should smell,...
Varanasi was running out of water. When IAS officer Himanshu Nagpal joined as Chief Development Officer, the city was in the grip of a severe water...
Originally reported and written in March 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Thinles Singhey, a 35-year-old...
The clock read 4 am when a seven-year-old boy slipped into the dark waters off Talaimannar, Sri Lanka. No fanfare, just the sea, stars, and a child...
Originally reported and written in March 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Shreya Thakkar, a 28-year-old...
Picture a typical afternoon in a Delhi neighbourhood. Retired men gathered in parks, talking about their aches and their children's careers,...
Maths and science have always felt like a maze for many of us. If you’ve ever flipped through Concepts of Physics, hoping to finally ‘get it’...
There’s a cat-shaped kettle that’s been in my family for generations. It’s played the role of a timekeeper. Shaped like a Persian feline — the...
When we think about the beauty of mountains, we imagine snow-capped peaks, winding treks, and postcard-perfect views. What we often don’t picture is...
This article has been sponsored by Wingify Earth Chanchal “Chan” Kunwar Singh has ridden 20, 397 km across India on a bicycle for a powerful cause...
At the steps of Varanasi Ghats, where the rhythms of ritual and tourism overlap, a local guide known as Mr Deep has become the centre of an unexpected...
The summer holidays are here — and so is the eternal parenting puzzle: how do you fill these long, sun-soaked weeks with something more meaningful...
Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. At the intersection of ancient Hindu...
The afternoon sun doesn’t just shine in an Indian summer — it blazes overhead. Terrace floors burn, curtains trap heat, and ceiling fans whirl...
Long before Jodhpur became the postcard-perfect "Blue City" of Instagram reels, it was a walled town of seven gates, a desert kingdom...
Originally reported and written in March 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Navnoor Kaur, a 27-year-old from...
A sound like a whistle carried through the early hours of Amravati, so clear and oddly human that it made the ordinary flow of the morning feel...
Ask most people what a firefighter does, and the answer comes quickly: they put out fires. The helmet, the hose, the red engine screaming down the...
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