Raziya bint Iltutmish: The rise of a queen
How South India’s beloved appam became a breakfast delicacy in Singapore too.
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.
Advisory Editor Sooraj Rajmohan lists his fav rock music from the 70s to the present.
How a billionaire gained control over a city’s real estate—under the guise of slum redevelopment.
India has suspended the Indus Water Treaty and threatened to disrupt Pakistan’s water supply.
New data suggests a distant planet may host alien life—but is the biosignature a load of bs?
In part two, we look at the mainstreaming of the Manosphere—and its spread to our shores.