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A linguist beyond borders

For someone who had spent most of his life studying constructed languages, the idea of constructing his own death would certainly have amused him. The flood of social media posts and the exchange of messages among Esperantists and linguists from across the world soon confirmed that this was no joke.

Accepting reality

Five years after Myanmar's military seized power and plunged the country into a prolonged civil conflict, a new reality is emerging across Asia.

Heritage queried

The controversy surrounding the Delhi Gymkhana Club is no longer only about one institution in Lutyens’ Delhi.

Imperial Signals

US President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing hoping to showcase deal-making. He left having showcased something else: the changing balance of global power.

Old and the new

There was a time when speaking of India’s civilisational past in policy circles invited a knowing smile, sometimes a pitying one.