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Cricket fans pose with Indian and Pakistani flags during the 2011 match.
sports

When Indian Hosts Opened Their Homes to Pakistani Cricket Fans

India and Pakistan's volatile relationship keeps their citizens apart. Cricket brings them together.
Reina Gattuso February 14, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Plastic Chutney

Don’t be fooled by the name of this Bengali relish.
Mark Bramble's peach tea caddy.
objects of intrigue

Tea Was Once So Valuable It Was Kept in Locking Caddies

At least until the British Empire turned its attention to India.
Noor Al-Samarrai January 18, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Shahi Tukda

This sugar-soaked South Asian sweet isn’t your basic bread pudding.
Baga, India

Calangute Market Square

Known as the "Queen of Beach Markets," Calangute epitomizes Goa's beach flea market scene.
Gastro Obscura

Bebinca

Goa's signature baked pudding cake is multicultural and multilayered.
The haze, captured on October 31, leaves northwest India virtually invisible next to the Himalayas.
pollution

See How Badly Crop Burning Is Fouling Northern India's Air

NASA photos show an impenetrable haze.
Matthew Taub November 6, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Long Pepper

This once-common spice is now almost completely unknown outside India.
Srirangam temple, home to medieval Tamil inscriptions and delicious appam.
temples

Temple Wall Recipes Reveal a Wealth of Unexplored Culinary History

Medieval epigraphs carved in stone offer a unique glance at South Indian cuisine.
Abbey Perreault October 10, 2018
Oh, hello!
Bhimashankar, India

India's Giant Technicolor Squirrels

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.
112-foot Adiyogi at the Isha Yoga Center.
Booluvampatti, India

The Adiyogi Shiva Statue

The world's largest bust sculpture celebrates the Hindu deity, Shiva.
Meat piled high and served on a trami.
Gastro Obscura

Wazwan

This Kashmiri feast features 36 dishes and takes more than two hours to eat.
The pavilion in Burhanpur where Mumtaz Mahal's body lay for six months.
monuments

Where the Mughal Empress Was Laid to Rest Before the Taj Mahal

A neglected monument in sleepy Burhanpur is connected to a much more famous place.
Puja Changoiwala July 26, 2018
This fresco in the palace is said to have inspired the Taj Mahal.
Burhanpur, India

Shahi Qila

A fresco in this magnificent palace is said to have been the first depiction of the Taj Mahal's design.
Permanently Closed
Plaque honoring Mahomed on the site of the Hindoostane Coffee House
London, England

Sake Dean Mahomed Plaque

The "shampooer of kings" who opened London's first curry cafe was a celebrity in the 19th century, but is all but forgotten now.
architecture

Architects in India Use Natural Cooling to Take the Edge off Factory Emissions

From hot air to cool breeze.
Vittoria Traverso September 12, 2017
The moves in kushti never feel hurried or awkward.
india

Inside the Muddy Wrestling Rings of Varanasi

In these gyms, known as akhadas, men of all ages practice a traditional form of wrestling known as kushti or pehlwani.
Charukesi Ramadurai June 27, 2017
Dhan Gopal Mukerji's <em>Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon</em>.
suicide

The Spirited Life and Sad End of the First Indian-American Children’s Book Author

Dhan Gopal Mukerji was a prolific writer and an early cultural ambassador between East and West.
Samir S. Patel June 16, 2017