EditorialThe opposition candidate Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan challenged Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of the state of Uttar Pradesh, but finished with less than 8,000 votes.? (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)
EditorialRavanen King of Ceylon Island, The ten-headed Ravan, king of Ceylan Island stands for power and market, Signed: P. Sonnerat pinx, Poisson sc, Pl. 42, before p. 165 (vol. 1), Sonnerat, Pierre M. (pinx.); Poisson, Jean-Baptiste Marie (sculp.), 1782, Sonn...
EditorialRavanen King of Ceylon Island, The ten-headed Ravan, king of Ceylan Island stands for power and market, Signed: P. Sonnerat pinx, Poisson sc, Pl. 42, before p. 165 (vol. 1), Sonnerat, Pierre M. (pinx.); Poisson, Jean-Baptiste Marie (sculp.), 1782, Sonn...
EditorialThe episode of the dogs of al-Haw'ab. 'A'isha, favourite wife of the Prophet, hidden in a takht-i ravan on a camel, is asked by Talhah the significance of the dogs' barking. A miniature painting from a nineteenth century manuscript of Hamla-i Haydari, ...