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Long Pepper

Gastro Obscura

Ingredients & Condiments

Long Pepper

This once-common spice is now almost completely unknown outside India.

Gastro Obscura

Jared Rydelek

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Temple Wall Recipes Reveal a Wealth of Unexplored Culinary History

Medieval epigraphs carved in stone offer a unique glance at South Indian cuisine.

October 10, 2018

Bhimashankar, India

India's Giant Technicolor Squirrels

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.

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Booluvampatti, India

The Adiyogi Shiva Statue

The world's largest bust sculpture celebrates the Hindu deity, Shiva.

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Wazwan

Gastro Obscura

Ritual & Medicinal

Wazwan

This Kashmiri feast features 36 dishes and takes more than two hours to eat.

Gastro Obscura

Leigh ChavezBush

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Where the Mughal Empress Was Laid to Rest Before the Taj Mahal

A neglected monument in sleepy Burhanpur is connected to a much more famous place.

Burhanpur, India

Shahi Qila

A fresco in this magnificent palace is said to have been the first depiction of the Taj Mahal's design.

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London, England

Sake Dean Mahomed Plaque

The "shampooer of kings" who opened London's first curry cafe was a celebrity in the 19th century, but is all but forgotten now.

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Architects in India Use Natural Cooling to Take the Edge off Factory Emissions

From hot air to cool breeze.

September 12, 2017

Inside the Muddy Wrestling Rings of Varanasi

In these gyms, known as akhadas, men of all ages practice a traditional form of wrestling known as kushti or pehlwani.

children's literature week

The Spirited Life and Sad End of the First Indian-American Children’s Book Author

Dhan Gopal Mukerji was a prolific writer and an early cultural ambassador between East and West.

Toxic Foam Is Fouling the Streets of Bangalore

Blown off a local lake, it's disrupting traffic and making people sick.

The Centuries-Old Shrine Where Indians Pray for U.S. Visas

It has a decent track record.

September 13, 2016

India's Richest Man Offers Free Cellular Data Service to Millions

September 06, 2016

Temples Inside Caves Are What Remains of an Ancient Buddhist Society

Western India is home to the last relics of a 2,000-year-old culture.

August 25, 2016

Watch a Keralan Dancer's Impressively Intricate Facial Twitches

The Ottamthullal dance is a form of political satire.

August 08, 2016

The 9,000-Mile Sea Journey of an Irradiated Indian Mango

Can the delicate mango ever become a seafaring fruit?

The Blue City of Jodhpur

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

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