Even though he wasn’t a woman, Bal Gandharva’s vision of the ‘traditional wife’ was given supremacy over every other form of womanhood.
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A scholar of India explores how two 19th-century memoirs portray a land where different religious identities coexist.
My research shows that chess created a space in which players – regardless of their skin colour – could engage as equals.
These artworks might be ancient but they still form a major part of the everyday lives of those who practice Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism
India’s constitution always gave the executive a great deal of power, but the diversity of the country’s electorate has ensured that this power has been diluted.
Netflix’s new series is about the scheming, menacing and murderous courtesans of Heeramandi. Here’s their real history.
This adaptation is set in Bengal in 1899, where rumours that the British Empire’s plans for partition have spread.
Rushdie’s books have inspired generations of readers and writers – and a recent attempt to kill him.
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Teaching Fellow, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology; University of Otago
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