Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's gambling addiction took him to these three German spa towns, which then inspired him to ...

Presenting rich archival evidence and data on 16,000 indigenous schools in British India, historian Parimala V Rao asserted ...

Cultures across the globe have their version of utopia: the Garden of Eden, Elysium, Shambhala. In the heart of Eurasia, ...

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When we speak, a few days into the new year, Sasmita is preparing for a 10-day silent retreat in the mountains. After a nonstop run of international exhibitions, “for the first time, I feel burnt out.

On Belgian-Australian writer Simon Leys and his books on China. Plus Maoism: suicide and madness.

Oxfam report says wealth extracted from India between 1765 and 1900 would be a sum large enough to ‘carpet the surface area ...

In an age of rampant inequality and oligarchic government, two leading thinkers ask: can democratic socialism survive?

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Calls have gone out to save a 19th century landmark after the council that owns it suggested turning into a privately-run hotel.

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The political media calls Trump a “populist.” But as Dr. King made clear in a 1965 speech, American populism was a movement ...