Saturday May 20 2023

the advisory

Culture

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.

Byju’s defaulted on a $1.2 billion loan—and then sued its lenders. Here’s what happened.

Dangerous Fixed Dose Combination drugs flood the Indian market. Will a ban help?

A new study on an ancient human species may change everything we assumed about evolution.

A baby taken from Indian parents in Berlin created a diplomatic furore. What happened?