Long-serving workers say they faced racism as they helped build health service – but it ‘seems things have got worse’ ...

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

The young awardee seated beside me at dinner was a third-culture kid who had just decided to move to the Philippines. He was ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

When ‘Babu’ and ‘Da’ become national issues, the voice of a 22-year-old Aurobindo Ghosh from Baroda can still be heard above the political din in contemporary India. Writing a series of essays in 1893 ...

The difference is that arthouse is art, and knows it. These are films which proudly aim beyond mere money-making for multinational media conglomerates. They push at the boundaries of the form, explore ...

Something fundamental has shifted in India. We can sense it not only in the obvious places—parliament, television studios, election rallies—but in the slower, quieter zones of life : in ...

Hindustani vocalist Shubha Mudgal on why she can't say anything is 'low art', and tabla player Dr Aneesh Pradhan on why there is ideally an element of risk in any intelligent performance.

Southern Peninsula. This monumental leap that transformed a geographical designation (Dravida, the land) into a linguistic ...

On most days, the National Museum in Delhi hums with the soft murmur of school groups, scholars, and tourists tracing the ...

Here is a look back at some of the most significant cultural losses of 2025, and the legacies that continue long after the ...