Issue: October ’11

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  Butthead Metalheads

  By Suroshree Dasgupta · A first-person account of the chaos and mismanagement that overtook the F1 Rocks Metallica concert.
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  Wife Sharing and Other Stories

  By Siddhartha Lal · Our friendly religious epic, the Mahabharata, is replete with cases of charitable Brahmins impregnating obedient queens in order to oblige heirless kingdoms.
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  Et tu, Brute?

  By Siddhartha Lal · Does Marcus Brutus really deserve to carry the burden of this stigma?
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  Book Review: Revolution 2020

  By Urvashi Bahuguna · When Chetan Bhagat’s characters are in love, they don’t just love each other, they own each other.
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  A Life in Transit

  By Punit Pania · We have all experienced, condemned, and practised road rage. Now meet its dysfunctional spouse, traffic lag.
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  Don’t Cross Your Lakshman Rekha

  By Sanchari Sur · The ambiguous Lakshman rekha from the Ramayana symbolises the many boundaries imposed upon female sexuality while growing up.
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  U-bends: Ujeli

  By ANJA · Ten minutes later we were out cold, long before we realised that the rushing lullaby outside our windows was the river flowing just feet away.
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  Doing the Dewarists

  By Tracy DeSouza · The Dewarists producer Samira Kanwar speaks to us in an exclusive interview about the process, method, and effort involved in creating the hit T.V. series.
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  Sex, Drugs, and Tofu

  By Anu Chowdhary · A peek into the mind of Stefan Kaye, founder and keyboardist of Delhi-based band the Ska Vengers.
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  From Zero to Hero

  By Neeharika Palaka · The multi-talented Sidd Coutto talks to us about his new solo album Sunny Side Up.
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  The Emerging Comic

  By Ujaala Chaudhuri · Being a stand-up comedian is no laughing matter. Unless, of course, you're as exceptionally gifted with a microphone in your hand as Neville Shah.
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  Technologic

  By Poorva Agarwal · How alert are we? How agile are our senses? Is our reflex going to be outsourced? Are you going to tell me it can be?
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  Village Vignettes: Jogilal Meena’s Mittens

  By Chandni Singh · An attempt to piece together the story of water availability in rural Rajasthan and what farmers are doing to adapt to their changing environment.
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  Cinephilia: Rear Window

  By Yayaati Joshi · On why Alfred Hitchcock’s celebrated Rear Window is not just a thriller.
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  Soul Sisters

  By Tracy DeSouza · 20-something-year-old sisters Vishala and Kamakshi Khurana provide an all-natural way to live better and feel healthier through music.
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  A Day of Shakespeare in the Park

  By Insertpen Namehere · Helena and Bertram proclaimed their love for one another under a sky filled with fireflies, over a lake filled with dreams.
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  CD Review: A Creature I Don’t Know

  By Neeharika Palaka · What makes Laura Marling so special is her ability to soak into your brain, layer by layer.