For hundreds of millions of Indians, toxic winter air poisons bodies, constricts lives and wears down spirits.

Amartya Sen has reshaped how we measure poverty by placing human capabilities at the centre of development. He has urged the world to see development not just in income, but in the real freedoms ...

The relationship between leftist politics in Bengal and its cinema was layered and uneasy, mirroring the left’s own history in the state.

Last week’s IndiGo meltdown didn’t just leave passengers stranded or pile luggage six feet high at multiple airports— it exposed the uncomfortable truth that India’s aviation ecosystem is running on ...

It's a story of stunning role reversal. A remarkable one, for India. There was a time, decades ago, when India was a net importer of food grains. And the US sent large quantities of wheat to New Delhi ...

Why are urban development schemes important for your UPSC exam? What significance do topics such as the Subansiri Lower hydel ...

US President Donald Trump warned that he might introduce new tariffs on agricultural imports, especially on rice from India. The accusation was that India, the world's largest rice exporter, was ...

The civil war in Sudan has spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The region is still grappling with past traumas.

Ashoka Mody critiques Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian's "A Sixth of Humanity," highlighting its flawed economic ...

Previously unknown volcanic eruptions may have kicked off an unlikely series of events that brought the Black Death -- the ...

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s ‘Ananda Math’ was the first work of literature to frame the Indian nation as the motherland.