Measuring pain: Why are we so bad at it?
An awesome photo of a bird photobombing a wedding ceremony.
Here’s all the taaza khabar from around the world today!
An excellent list of deep dives, features and profiles from around the web.
US prosecutors have charged an Indian official for orchestrating a plot to kill a Khalistani leader in New York.
The real photo of the brave rat hole miners who rescued the workers in Uttarkashi.
Perfectly engineered blooms, a ‘cartoon cafe’ and the infinite tsundoku pile.
The Indian Railways is experiencing rising losses. But the cure may prove worse than the disease.
Postcards from colonial Calcutta
A primer on podis from Oottupura chef Marina Balakrishnan.
We pick the best new book releases for your reading pleasure.
Here’s the splainer team’s recommended list of new releases to binge-watch.
Check out the top 10 indie Indian tracks picked by music aficionados first.wav.
Harini Calamur returns with a new instalment of her highly popular guide to Hindustani music.
A very good list of climate change reads that will not make you lose heart.
Cabinet card photographs of the tawaifs of the Lucknow court.
Fabulous family recipes from the Alipore Post and Nivaala.
Intensifying cyclones are a result of climate change—but poor infrastructure is to be blamed for the flooding.
A new bill plans to regulate everything you watch on a screen. And we mean everything.
The great divide between the BJP’s North India and South India numbers–and what it means.
BJP stormed back into power in three Hindi belt states—what happened and why?