Culture

Jammu: Minister of State (MoS) in PMO Jitender Singh, Dy.Chief Minister Nirmal Singh and others perform Yoga during a mass yoga session on the International Day of Yoga 2015 in Jammu on Sunday. Credit: PTI Photo

The Perils of Yoga by Gazette Notification

Kapil Subramanian 21/06/2015

The mass drill mode will make for headlines and...

Navtej Yoga

Why Yoga is Important to Me as a Dancer, as a Person

Navtej Johar 21/06/2015

Yoga is the coming together of body, breath and...

Hotel Melancholia

Suzanne Joinson 21/06/2015

Travel is supposed to make us feel more alive...

Neanderthals were just too macho for culture. Credit: suchosch, CC BY-SA

Early Humans Had to Become More Feminine Before They Could Dominate the Planet

Mark Maslin 19/06/2015

Two recent papers throw some light on how the...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. Credit: PTI Photo

Readers Respond to Smart Cities, Patriarchy & Toilets, Zoya Akhtar, Warring CMs

The Wire Staff 15/06/2015

Select comments from our readers on stories in The...

Writing on the wall, about Mission Poorn Shakti. Credit: Government of India

Debate: Sanitation Campaigns in Rural Rajasthan Do Not Promote Patriarchy

Somya Sethuraman 12/06/2015

Ashish Gupta and Nikhil Shrivastav’s article, “Why Using Patriarchal...

Hanma biosphere reserve. Credit: UNESCO

Seven New Asian Sites on UNESCO’s Network of Biosphere Reserves

The Wire Staff 10/06/2015

On June 9, the UNESCO added 20 new sites...