An exhibition to Thirst after  Our 2018 TOI litfest and my recent volume for the tricentenary of Mumbai’s mystical Parsi well were both titled Waternamah. This week I again immersed myself in  the ...

The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.

Sumeria was home to some of the earliest city-states, including Ur, Uruk, and Lagash, which were bustling centers of commerce, culture, and innovation.