Throughout history, women have played crucial roles on both global and local levels. They have fought for rights, ...

A short biography of the Rice Man of India, Dadaji Ramaji Khobragade, and a book about a child’s discovery of his passion for medu vadas, that is also a tribute to the openness that migrants bring ...

The 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay is one of the most notable acts of political resistance in American Indian history. In Kent Blansett’s latest book, “A Journey to Freedom: ...

Drew Lopenzina is associate professor of English at Old Dominion University. NMAI copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "The life of William Apess (1789-1839), a Pequot Indian ...

Indian Sun is a new authoritative biography of the Indian musician Ravi Shankar's life, published to coincide with this year's centenary of his birth. In a career that spanned decades and continents, ...

The biography, an entirely original Hindi work rather than a translation or adaptation, draws on years of research, personal interactions, Tibetan sources, archival material and numerous first-hand ...

Wednesday marks 150 years since the birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Better known as the Mahatma, or great soul, Gandhi was an Indian lawyer who led his country to freedom from British colonial ...

The humming air filters and softly blinking control panels of the International Space Station’s laboratory module formed the backdrop to Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s daily routine in orbit. Over ...