पानइंडिया (PaanIndia!)

The history of Paan has mythological as well as historical and Ayurvedic references, writes Aparajita Krishna.

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COME SEPTEMBER: IT IS TIME TO REMEMBER TEACHERS

Come September, two significant days stand out. Teachers Day on 5th September and the World Alzheimer’s Day on 21^st September,...

BETTER ROSES FOR A WARMING WORLD AND OTHER GARDEN ADVENTURES

Manipur is burning and its despair all around. But here’s an extract from the book ‘Roses in the Fire of Spring’, which will ...

WILL WE TRUST EACH OTHER AFTER THE WAR?

This week Humra  Quraishi looks back at her conversations with well-known sociologist Professor Imtiaz Ahmad, who passed ...

WHO KILLED MOHAMMAD IQBAL?

Humra  Quraishi laments the blatant targeting of everything termed un-Hindu by the present government and the systematic ...

YET ANOTHER STORY BESIDES PATHAAN

Satyabrata Ghosh explores why audiences at large today prefer to watch a franchise of a spy universe over a modern fairty-tale...

THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

Humra Quraishi talks about the apprehension that clouds not just the largest minority community, the Muslims, but also the cit...

IMMORTAL ACTS OF AMJAD KHAN

Aparajita Krishna asks commentators, including his wife Shehla Khan, son Shadaab Khan and daughter Ahlam Khan Karachiwala...

Abanindranath Tagore: The enigmatic original who wrote art and painted words

The founder of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, Abanindranath Tagore’s work defies any straightjacketing, writes Shantanu Ray ...