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Bleeding Madras, George Cloth – How ‘Real Madras Handkerchiefs’ gained global popularity

MAP Academy - 4 June, 2023

Irrfan was no prisoner to image. He singlehandedly lifted the status of ‘character actors’

Gandhi was fascinated by Tirukkural. He would learn Tamil for it

When Hyderabad Nizam brought women of his court out of purdah & they became freedom fighters

Sidhu Moosewala was a shy boy who rarely talked – The aggression in his songs shocked everyone

Jupinderjit Singh - 3 June, 2023

In ‘Who Killed Moosewala’, award-winning journalist Jupinderjit Singh recounts the short but incredible life of Punjabi music sensation Sidhu Moosewala.

LSR was a labour of love for Lala Shri Ram. He even picked library books himself

Sonu Bhasin - 2 June, 2023

In ‘Lala Shri Ram: The Man Who Saw Tomorrow’, Sonu Bhasin recounts the incredible life of India’s earliest — and biggest — industrialist.

‘No thought, no progress’— when libraries began dying in Kashmir, educated started reading less

David Lepeska - 31 May, 2023

In ‘Dessicated Land - An American in Kashmir’, journalist David Lepeska gathers his best work for Kashmir Observer to explore the reality of daily life in a war-torn state.

Homi Bhabha loved Delhi for its monuments. He thought PWD architects would ruin the city

Bakhtiar K. Dadabhoy - 30 May, 2023

Bakhtiar K Dadabhoy's full-fledged biography of Homi J. Bhabha provides a good vehicle for telling the story of Indian science and the foundations of India’s atomic energy programme.

The world is growing enough crops. But they’re being used for fuel, not food

Hamish McRae - 27 May, 2023

In ‘The World in 2050’, Hamish McRae looks at the changing face of demography, finance, technology and the environment.

Reimagining the role of bonds and loans in financing a nature-positive future

Siddarth Shrikanth - 23 May, 2023

In 'The Case for Nature', Siddarth Shrikanth says embracing regrowth might seem like the only option. But the 'market' is a social construct.

Indian elections have evolved a lot like arranged marriages. Technology is the disruptor

Pradeep Gupta - 21 May, 2023

Technology has enabled voters today to share notes and build a consensus on who is ‘deserving’.

19th-century blue glaze pottery defines Jaipur’s art scene. This is how it’s made

MAP Academy - 21 May, 2023

Blue glaze pottery was promoted primarily under the aegis of the Jaipur School of Art, founded in 1866. It received a Geographical Indication, or GI tag, in 2008.

Historians forget that Partition cut through Assam, Tripura as well. It went on for 24 years

Kishalay Bhattacharjee - 21 May, 2023

Kishalay Bhattacharjee's 'Where the Madness Lies' examines what it means to be an 'other' in one’s own country.

How the circus became an anti-colonial symbol in British Bengal

Prodosh Bhattacharya - 21 May, 2023

Ecological Entanglements: Affect, Embodiment and Ethics of Care explores how ecology provides a sense of how one can not only understand, but also care for the other.

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Book Excerpts

Bleeding Madras, George Cloth – How ‘Real Madras Handkerchiefs’ gained global popularity

Irrfan was no prisoner to image. He singlehandedly lifted the status of ‘character actors’

Gandhi was fascinated by Tirukkural. He would learn Tamil for it

When Hyderabad Nizam brought women of his court out of purdah & they became freedom fighters

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