Features

Death Dealer

Death Note is an existential mystery wrapped inside a thriller.

Snapshots Without Time

Snapshots or instant pictures capture a moment in time. But what of a place where time doesn’t exist; where there is stillness and nothing ever changes?

More Than a Story

Heartbreaking in a way only sheer beauty can be, Craig Thompson’s Habibi is a celebration: of love, lust, and the human need for company.

Pooper Paper

Elrhino, a manufacturer of handcrafted, wood-free paper made from elephant and rhino dung, aims to form an economic bond between humans and animals in Assam.

Monsoon Express

The story of the monsoons is somewhat like the story of my country, where senses and sensibilities are constantly overwhelmed, and then subjugated.

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 Genetic Mules

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.

Remembering Malgudi

We are probably the last generation of urban kids that remembers watching Doordarshan shows like Malgudi Days, Byomkesh Bakshi, and Flop Show.

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.

Beyond Happily Ever After

A world of magic, marvels, and miracles; a world borrowed, stolen, yet far moved from the innocence of the happily-ever-afters.