Cuba: Will the revolution endure?
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba was seen as the last outpost of communism. China went a different way and is now essentially a capitalist society where the communist party is in power. In Ker...
12 Des 20241h 3min
Indian ink
A lot of our ancestors had tattoos and that's quite surprising. People don't really know what the tattoos on their grandparents mean. A number of archivists have come up in India in the last 10 years ...
6 Des 202448min
Identity, consumerism and the Indian middle class
The Indian middle class comprises many groups and they are not able to come together. For any group to become powerful, they have to be united. But the interests of each of these groups within the Ind...
29 Nov 202457min
The man who thought with his eyes
"I've done three books and a documentary on Guru Dutt and he is always viewed as someone rather morose and internal and a sad man. And yet, there were moments of great joy. You see it in his films. Wh...
22 Nov 202456min
A taste of heaven on the street
"The taste and quality of the ingredients that some street vendors use can rival that of Michelin star restaurants. And that they make it all available at this price point is just shocking. Street ven...
15 Nov 202448min
Recipes from Jahangir and Nur Jahan's kitchen
"While I was translating this manuscript from Persian I realised that the food mentioned is very different from what's sold now as Mughal food. They had four masalas only. We have now laced the mutton...
7 Nov 202450min
Speaking in many tongues
"Those who don't have a university or a high school for their languages are the ones who don't have economic resources. The poorest among the poor are linguistically deprived and also economically dep...
1 Nov 202459min
Terrorists, tawaifs and secret superstars
"In the 1970s, Muslim characters in films were very different. In the 1990s, Roja opened the floodgates for films representing Muslims as terrorists. It was the first film which looked at the identity...
25 Okt 202458min
