Features

Shaa'ir + Func

Flies on the Wall

Monica Dogra, Randolph Correia, Aditya Ashok, and Rohit ‘P-Man’ Pereira talk to us about life on the road as Shaa’ir + Func.

Ralegan Siddhi

Chasing Anna

For people living in Pune, the village of Ralegan Siddhi is not such an unusual choice for a day picnic.

For Ladies

Real Development

It seems like the fate of a development studies student is to be cynical and dissatisfied in an educated but distant way.

Bringing Up Uncle

Bringing Up Uncle

Growing up, no one showed me how to shave in a hurry or sleep with women without falling in love, and that sort of deprival lasts a lifetime.

Girls of Chennai

Girls of Chennai

I wish every girl in the world could grow up in a city like this, a city that doesn’t frighten her.

Rochelle Potkar

Mic Check

Seven budding storytellers from Mumbai speak to us about what they love most about performing their stories in front of an audience.

Sarita Vellani: Toto Funds the Arts

Kickstarting the Arts

In conversation with Sarita Vellani about Toto Funds the Arts, a unique initiative that seeks to reward the potential in young artists across the country.

Cocktail: Deepika Padukone

Bollywood’s Bad Girl Problem

In Bollywood, bad girls may have started to have their share of fun, but it’s still the good girls who get rewarded.

Learning to drive

I Drive

I am learning to drive. I am grasping terror in my hands and tossing it aside.

Kulture Shop

Dial ‘K’ for Kulture

Kulture Shop is a new Mumbai-based initiative that aims to change the way people look at art and design in modern India.

Biodiesel

Gasoline Will Be Free

Political will is one thing, social will another, but economics is what really drives the system, isn’t it?

Swadeshi

Swabhimaan Gone Wrong

There is a need to reclaim notions like Swadeshi and Swabhimaan from jingoists and rid them of their unnecessary historical baggage.