Book of Romance

Saturday March 1 2025

the advisory

Culture

Lalla Rookh: A colonial fantasy of Mughal romance

Priya Mani traces our beloved barfi from mawa to the starring role of condensed milk

A list of plays about the dreams of those who hope to be more than they're told to be

Here’s the splainer team’s recommended list of new releases to binge-watch.

The splainer team curates the best new global beats of the past month.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has devastated most of the nation, and killed at least 1,700.

The universe may collapse in a ‘big crunch’. If confirmed, it would upend known laws of physics.

Welcome to Trumpworld, where big boys rule, democracy wobbles and small nations get tossed.

We explain how and why Trump is tearing apart the world—going far beyond tough talk.