Features

A Foodie's Day in Beijing

A Foodie’s Day Out in Beijing

For the patient, curious, and intrepid traveller, there is almost no better place for a food adventure.

Dharamshala International Film Festival 2014

Cinema’s Home in the Hills

In conversation with the minds behind the Dharamshala International Film Festival.

My Beautiful Laundrette

Beyond Bollywood #3: My Beautiful Laundrette

The brilliance of this film lies in the flesh, the muscle, the teeth that Kureishi’s writing gives it.

Dr. Verrier Elwin

Undoing the Amnesia

On the life and times of Dr. Verrier Elwin.

"Oh, those Calcuttans."

A Nobody, a Nation, and a Few Fugitive Comprehensions

Did my leaving India bind me to it in a way that staying would not have?

Sita Sings the Blues

Beyond Bollywood #2: Sita Sings the Blues

Director Nina Paley uses lightness and humour to weave together a cutting commentary on one of the greatest epics in history.

Sainsbury's

Of Cheap Coffee and Angry Yellow Curries

For an Indian living in the U.K., an angry yellow curry is better than no curry.

The Pool

Beyond Bollywood #1: The Pool

Chris Smith’s The Pool is a narrative of survival, not triumph; of life, not drama. Released in 2007, it is everything that Slumdog Millionaire was not.

Nipun Mehta

The Man Who Doesn’t Use Money

In 2012, all it took was a 20-minute-long talk at UPenn for an unknown name, Nipun Mehta, to become an Internet phenomenon.

Air India

Ghosts of Homecomings Past

Flying Air India somehow brings out the unreasonable, the rebellious, and the ridiculous in a disconcertingly large number of passengers.

Bhaji Gully

A Portrait of Bhaji Gully

A small fire pierces the indigo chill, while the rough bristles of a broom scrape the stained pavements.

The Ramayana Syndrome

The Ramayana Syndrome

What would happen today if an attempt were made to project on T.V. a different version of the Ramayana?