culture

All That You Can’t Leave Behind

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.

The Private Lives of Old Delhi

We’ve come to a place that is the opposite of a private library. This is the collection of too many people to count.

The Coffeewalla

Over the years, one learns that reason doesn’t stand the slimmest chance against emotions and sentiments.

An Alternate Fairy Tale

In real life, you don’t get to have your cake and eat it too. Because it makes you fat.

Stories from Paradise

In conversation with Jai Undurti and Jasraman Grewal, creators of the Hyderabad Graphic Novel project.

Village Vignettes: Romancing Rural Rajasthan

In Rajasthan, pride does not take on the ugly avatar of arrogance. It helps the people ground themselves in a coherent identity in the face of a fast globalising landscape.

Androgyny and Acceptance

Founded by Sukriti Grover and Sapna Bhavnani, SoFake is an avant-garde fashion label that aims to bridge the gap between the two sexes effortlessly.

Village Vignettes: Harvest Season

Being a handicap in a farming family is a deadly curse—the ignominy of being an extra mouth to feed without the solace of being a helping hand.

U-bends: Ujeli, Again

Uttarkashi isn’t likely to make the top ten lists of many tourists. It doesn’t offer much in the way of museums or ancient ruins or souvenirs.

Songbird

In the dead of a summer afternoon, hiking through a forest in the Deccan is an unnatural experience.