Tiffin

A tribute to IG Patel, once Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and many other things: senior official in the Ministry of Finance, official in the IMF and…
28-Nov-2024
Dibru Saikhowa in Assam is home to a population of feral horses, whose origin is not clear. This small group is under threat from floods and competition with…
18-Nov-2024
A double murder in New York in 1910, including that of a “Hindu” butler, was never definitively solved. The police investigation, driven by prejudice and…
18-Nov-2024
A recent genome study of elephants in India sheds new light on their population, divergence, and history. The study identifies five distinct genetic…
04-Nov-2024
Overtourism is often used as a buzzword. For it to remain a useful concept in managing tourist destinations, there needs to be an agreed-upon method for…
06-Oct-2024
'Gumrah', a show that aired in the early 2010s, brought to television the worries and optimism about adolescents in the post-Liberalisation decades.…
11-Oct-2024
Jawaharlal Nehru’s writings show a complex thinker who saw science as a tool for social change, not just an enemy of religion. He sought a balance between…
30-Sep-2024
‘The selfie…offers us a window not only to the individual self, but through its deliberate or incidental positioning, allows us to unpack moments in cultural,…
24-Sep-2024
Eunice Newton Foote, scientist and women’s rights activist, was the first to posit a connection between atmospheric gases and rising temperatures.
26-Jun-2024
Rising college fee costs mean a growing debt burden for Indian students in North America and the UK, and an excess supply of graduates mean it is much more…
18-Jun-2024
A parliamentary democracy thrives on diverse representation and opinion. The strong leader syndrome of the past decade is antithetical to such a democracy.…
10-Jun-2024
Tagore’s visit to China in April 1924 was significant, both then and now. The poet’s vision of Pan Asianism saw Asia as a force for the oppressed. As Western…
08-Apr-2024