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Who was Raja Ravi Varma's son? The lost story of India's forgotten artist

New Delhi, Nov. 8 -- In 1907, barely a year after the death of the celebrated Raja Ravi Varma, the press in Madras was all praise for another artist with the same last name. As much as "the people of... Read More


Manu S. Pillai: Facial hair as a symbol of identity and resistance in Indian history

New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- In February 1620, somewhere in the vicinity of Daulatabad, the Mughal emperor Jahangir had his imagination captured by a woman. It wasn't the conventional, lusty type of obsessio... Read More


Manu S. Pillai: How gossip shaped dynasties and destroyed reputations

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- In September 1925, C.W.E. Cotton, British representative at the court of Travancore, wrote to an acquaintance: "I am greatly excited over the prospect of getting married". The "... Read More