February 9, 2022
Could Carrom Make it to the Olympics?
The beloved board game in India has long faced challenges in becoming an international sporting sensation. Some players and associations are trying to change that.
Sukhada Tatke
November 15, 2021
How India Invented Zero
Ancient India’s preoccupation with the concept of nothingness — shunyata — would change mathematics, trade, and technology as we know it.
October 4, 2021
East Indian Sugar: The Sweeter of Two Evils
The search for sugar that wasn’t produced by slave labor led the British to another faraway colony: India. But was Indian sugar ever free?
June 29, 2021
Edwina and Nehru: Love in the Shadow of Empire
The last vicereine of the British Raj and the first prime minister of India shared a profound connection that still captures imaginations today.
