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Devotees go to extremes to ensure they get a turkey. The US government airlifts thousands to US military and diplomatic personnel, while other American expatriates scour local markets for their avian sacrament. The President, as high priest of the Republic, ceremoniously spares two turkeys from slaughter.

On the historical novel set in the Mughal era that’s on the longlist for the JCB Prize for Literature this year

Mughal miniature art expert, Prof Asok Kumar Das, will be felicitated for his lifetime contribution to art history

Exploring metamorphosis of Mughal art from Bahadur Shah Zafar to present-day miniaturists

An excerpt from ‘Extinctions’, by Sharmistha Mohanty.

I keep thinking of the youth with the two little rabbits, sitting by the side of the frenzied path on the boardwalk. The two...

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Omid No More A pair of Siberian cranes in Keoladeo Ghana, February 1994. Photo: Bernard Dupont/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 Keoladeo Ghana, popularly called Bharatpur, was declared a national park in 1982 and a UNESCO World Heritage ‘Natural’ Site in 1985. The site originated in 1850 as a man-made hunting reserve for the Maharaja Suraj Mal of Bharatpur. The hunting reserve was popular among the royalty, the British and the armed forces alike. There is a stone plaque here that describes a...

Edited by Roda Ahluwalia, ‘Reflections on Mughal Art and Culture’ also explores its conversations with Hindu art and culture.

Their public display and popular fame set the stage for even greater interest in the study of the natural world.