The game helped a south Indian community escape alcoholism and gambling. Now, it’s known as the Chess Village of India.

Madhavan Nair Rajeevan’s new book tracks shifts over 50 years, explores models we need to build. ‘We must find ways to track ...

I n addition to its breathtaking beaches, rich culture, and history, Goa is surprisingly a good place for birdwatching. Known ...

See All Key Ideas The Western Ghats, one of South Asia’s most biodiverse and fragile ecosystems, faces mounting threats. Imperilled by deforestation, quarrying, and largely unplanned development, the ...

By M.K. Saptha Girish, Naturalist, Aranya Outreach Mysuru, renowned as a wildlife hub, is encircled by forests in all ...

Karnataka, nestled between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, entices visitors with a symphony of landscapes, cultures, and history. This enchanted state, ...

Bronze sculptures of him are prized possessions in many Western museum collections ... Well before that, Shiva too had been imagined as a dancer across South Asia. By the 9th century, Tamil sculptors ...

Freedom declined around the world last year with authoritarians solidifying their grip, but South Asia led a series of bright ...

This terrific book tracks the relationship between Western spying agencies and India. Indian leaders at the time of independence were anti-imperialist and suspicious of the West; India’s foreign ...

and less favourable on south- and south-east facing slopes in the Western Ghats. A new study by IISER highlights that hill slopes in Western Ghats highly threatened by encroachments are playing ...