Michael Thomas

The 17th century Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is remembered as one of the most prolific artists of his time. He is known for his paintings of the countryside and biblical scenes, now displayed in museums around the world. But his lesser-known titles feature some unlikely subjects: Mughal emperors Jahangir, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb from far away India.

It’s never been easy to be an Indian athlete with Olympic dreams.

As a child, Diljeet Titus developed a fascination for his grandparents’ classic cars. He even planted his toy cars in the ground, hoping they would grow into trees filled with real ones.

The Narendra Modi government has rolled out ambitious plans to improve access to health care in India.

Later today (Feb. 01), India’s finance minister Arun Jaitley will present the union budget to parliament. This will be the Narendra Modi government’s last budget before the 2019 general elections. It comes in the wake of several disruptive changes to Asia’s third-largest economy, most recently the goods and services tax regime that came into effect in July 2017.

For all the social campaigns and awareness drives to end sex selection in India, the preference for sons is still going strong. In recent years, though, it has taken a more subtle form.

As India celebrates its 69th Republic Day, marking the date when its constitution came into effect back in 1950, leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be treated to a grand parade in New Delhi.

The paintings of iconic Indian artists such as MF Husain and VS Gaitonde may raise millions of dollars at global auctions, but there’s a whole world of tribal talent that remains largely unknown, even within India.

An Indian design studio has accused Christian Dior of plagarising one of its block prints.

As the World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos this week, all eyes are on Narendra Modi, reportedly the first Indian prime minister in 20 years to attend the high-profile gathering of business leaders, economists, and journalists. While French president Emmanuel Macron, German chancellor Angela Merkel, and even US president Donald Trump are all scheduled to deliver speeches, it’s Modi who’s going first, delivering the inaugural keynote address on Jan. 23.

There was a time when Lucknow’s Mukaish Badla embroidery thrived in the city, found on the finery worn by the elite. Popularised by the Nawabs in the 18th and 19th centuries, this unique art of weaving threads of gold and silver into beautiful designs required intense focus and hours of practice.

Millions of young Indians dream of getting well-paid jobs, but their school years hardly prepare them for success.

From Bolivia to Bhutan, the New York Times’ “52 Places to Go” list for 2018 is unsurprisingly filled with wanderlust-inducing destinations. This year, though, there’s only one Indian city on the list: Chandigarh.

If you’ve ever made, or dreamed of making, a trip to Paris, chances are the Latin Quarter was on your list of places to see.

Early on Jan. 12, over four decades after the Aryabhata was put in space, ISRO marked the successful launch of its 100th Indian-made satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, the space agency’s workhorse, carried 28 other satellites from Canada, Finland, France, South Korea, the UK, and the US.

Kapil Mohan, the soldier-turned-businessman who popularised India’s most iconic brand of rum, has passed away at the age of 88.

As India’s cities have transformed into chaotic, ungainly urban sprawls, scores of its heritage buildings have been torn down to make way for the new.

In 2017, Indians shopping for books on Amazon.in were overwhelmingly looking for one thing: textbooks.

India recorded 98 tiger deaths and 17 cases of seized bones, skins, and claws, resulting in an estimated total loss of 115 tigers in 2017.

This year, Christmas seems particularly fraught in some parts of India.

At a time when bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are drawing attention around the world, talking about paper money may already seem a little anachronistic.

India is home to a little over 27,000 Asian elephants, accounting for 60% of the world’s population. But of late these elephants mostly make the news in cases of human-wildlife conflict, which has been fueled by encroachment on their habitats.

For a certain segment of urban Indian women, checking emails on a Sunday isn’t necessarily a chore. Amid the spam and the forwards is often a “Sunday Surprise” from the online fashion retailer TheLabelLife.com, potentially offering the chic dress or trendy flats that you’ve been coveting for weeks at just Rs1,000 ($15.5).

Abortion is a lot more common in India than government data suggests.