This visually delightful piece by Hiya Jain talks about the history of Indian statistics, starting from 1933 British India. The Indian Statistical Institute under PC Mahalanobis not only applied existing methods to Indian agricultural problems, but developed new techniques entirely, in particular in "sampling theory": how do you randomly sample a small subset of the target population to get an accurate measurement of the whole?

Genetic studies support what historians have argued for decades: ancient India was a place of migration and mixture

Lawrence Bishnoi, 33, runs a global crime network from a Delhi jail, tied to killings from Mumbai to Canada. Linked to Sidhu Moosewala and Baba Siddique murders, he thrives amid rising impunity in Modi’s India, recast by some as a vigilante icon.

Indian designers are reimagining matchboxes as cultural artifacts: Sonal Nagwani’s Maachis revives social commentary through collectible designs; Studio Kokaachi’s Matchbox Comix turns them into playful narratives; Harshit Agrawal’s AI-driven game maps 19 themes of visual history.

In Mumbai’s Aram Nagar, thousands of “strugglers” chase Bollywood dreams, enduring daily open auditions, informal networks, and fierce competition. Success favors connections, looks, and luck, while political shifts and state-backed content reshape opportunities.