Issue: July ’12

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  All That You Can’t Leave Behind

  By Hilary Fischer-Groban · The photographs did not come out of the frames easily. I was naïve to think that I could so simply extricate my pleasant, hopeful memories of India.
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  The Genetic Mules

  By Siddhartha Lal · There is no magical wind that breathes life into mere bones and flesh, even if that is what the Book of Genesis or other religious scriptures would have us believe.
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  Remembering Malgudi

  By Pooja Pillai · We are probably the last generation of urban kids that remembers watching Doordarshan shows like Malgudi Days, Byomkesh Bakshi, and Flop Show.
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  The Private Lives of Old Delhi

  By Urvashi Bahuguna · We've come to a place that is the opposite of a private library. This is the collection of too many people to count.
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  The Coffeewalla

  By Siddhartha Lal · Over the years, one learns that reason doesn’t stand the slimmest chance against emotions and sentiments.
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  An Alternate Fairy Tale

  By Deepika Nath · In real life, you don’t get to have your cake and eat it too. Because it makes you fat.
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  Stories from Paradise

  By Arun Kale · In conversation with Jai Undurti and Jasraman Grewal, creators of the Hyderabad Graphic Novel project.
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  The Unintended Memoirists

  By Urvashi Bahuguna · Veena Venugopal, author of Would You Like Some Bread with That Book?, talks to us about her love of books and bookstore fantasies.