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.

The declining number of foreign tourists has caused panic. The boa constrictor in the room? Smog.

We cut through mythmaking around the man who presided over the not-so ‘golden age of Tamils’.

We can’t afford to give up Russian oil or weapons without enduring some serious self-harm.

Modi-ji visited Tamil Nadu this weekend, but the spotlight was on Rajendra Chola, Hindu pride’s new poster king.