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Maharaja Jagatjit Singh's life, contributions to state of Kapurthala are subject of new book by his grandson

The last Maharaja of Kapurthala Jagatjit Singh was a man of the world, with a love for everything French. He made primary education compulsory, introduced co-education in schools and worked towards providing medical and sanitation facilities

Calcutta then, Kolkata now: Portraits of a city's past, juxtaposed against its present

Much water has flown down the Hooghly since the time Calcutta was modern India’s first capital, from 1772-1931, to its transition into the 21st-century mahanagar that is present-day Kolkata

Sonia Gandhi to Sooni Tata, Mother Teresa, a new book examines the lives of 11 'Indian videshinis'

'Indian' to other westerners, 'videshinis' (foreigners) to Indians, these women straddled different identities in a time before multiculturalism became a buzzword.

Images: Remembering Satyajit Ray, the artist

Before he became an award-winning filmmaker, Satyajit Ray was an illustrator and designer whose work, though commercial, was considered pioneering by contemporaries. On his 92nd birthday, here's a look at some of Ray's work as a graphic artist.