From Ellora in India to Angkor in Cambodia, Deepa Mandlik's Dynasties of Devotion uncovers the splendour of temples that ...

In India eunuchs are known as Hijras or a third gender neither a he nor a she While they were once worshiped in the Hindu world and also worked for Islamic rulers they are now widely feared Even thoug ...

Among the many eccentricities against women in the name cultural religious and traditional was Mulakkaram or Breast Tax a tax forced upon the Dalit women of Travancore in order to cover their breasts ...

For an arid region that once produced nothing but millets, the Malaprabha river’s rocky valley ultimately made amends by ...