Vedic History

Much has been said about Modi’s comments on ancient Indian plastic surgery, etc. Here‘s an article on a current exhibition in Delhi.

BBC PBS Indian Downton-esque Bold and Beautiful

Indian Summers should be educational…

Manto

If you haven’t read the short stories of Saadat Hasan Manto, please do.

Another Article on the State of Indian Politics

Here it is.

Photos and Projections

Check out the photography of Raghubir Singh, and what The Illuminator‘s been doing in New York in support of ending caste and the efforts of Dalit Women Fight (you may have to scroll down to see the relevant post).

Slumdug Millionaire

Here‘s a dated but still relevant article about the opening night of Slumdog Millionaire in Bombay. It could be argued that Katherine Boo’s style of writing about the poor sometimes tends to obscure important realities, but her heart is doubtless in the right place.

The Great Divide

From The New Yorker, William Dalrymple on “The violent legacy of India Partition.”

Capital

Just finishing Rana Dasgupta’s Capital. It doesn’t paint a terribly flattering portrait of Delhi, but it does offer insight into the post-Independence, post-Partition history of North India, and the social and economic forces driving the development/disintegration of India in the 21st century.

Sad News from Karnataka

Not as grisly or sensationalist as the murders of secular cartoonists in Bangladesh, the news of another academic murdered in India is nonetheless, horrifying.

Here’s a little more about Kalburgi’s work and legacy.

The Google Cultural Institute

And the Google Cultural Institute just posted a lot of new content re: India.