A critical look at Saira Shah Halim’s account of the Indian Left, its historical role in the freedom struggle, and the challenges of modern reform.

This Asian prize – the “diwani” – would relieve the pressure to find silver elsewhere, reduce the number of treasure ships ...

One of the most celebrated post-independence Bengali writers, who hardly distinguished between her art and activism, Mahasweta Devi’s work encompassed fiction, nonfiction, drama, journalism, biography ...

From global printmaking and Somnath Hore’s legacy to Carnatic guitar, multilingual classics and sharp single-life comedy — a ...

Now Clive’s former London residence has been vandalised, with red paint daubed over a commemorative blue plaque affixed to ...

Almost two centuries separate the famines, but the atrocity inflicted on the Irish people in the 1800s is echoed today in the ...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited the historic Golghar complex on Sunday to review its condition and directed officials to ensure proper beautification and maintenance of the site to make it ...

Between the 16th and 19th centuries, India endured the Little Ice Age. Summers weakened, sunlight dimmed, rivers froze, famines followed, and farming patterns were forced to change ...

The politically contentious voter roll revision in West Bengal has hit another controversial note with a notice served to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The spread of famine has been averted in the Gaza Strip, but the situation remains critical with the entire Palestinian territory still facing starvation, the world’s leading ...

The spread of famine has been averted in Gaza, yet the situation remains critical with the entire strip still facing starvation, the world's leading authority on food crises said Friday. The new ...

We are often taught that the British Empire was the “Arsenal of Democracy.” We are rarely told who paid for it. During World War II, Britain ran out of money. To keep fighting, they didn’t just borrow ...