A review of Manu Bhattathiri’s Oracle of Karuthupuzha
Read MoreThe humour and romance of being in Karuthupuzha
in Book Reviews
Sylvia: Mythreyi Karnoor's is a clever debut
in Book Reviews
Calling ‘Sylvia’ anthology fiction might be reductive
Read MoreA portrait of the moment: Hari Kunzru on 'Red Pill'
in Interviews
The British novelist talks about his new novel, Red Pill, and why writing this intense story of privacy, surveillance and paranoia was therapeutic
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An Apple Watch juxtaposed with a classic wrist watch. Shutterstock
Our changing relationship with wristwatches
in Essays
Has the market takeover of smartwatches changed our relationship with wristwatches?
Read MoreTanjore paintings: The guild of gold
in Art, Reported Features
How gold foil on gesso made its way to Thanjavur paintings and why it endures
The infinite hypnosis of the infinite scroll
in Youth Culture, Internet, Essays
How ‘infinite scroll’, a UX decision made years ago, still creates major disruption across social routines offline, and across mental health online
Read MoreHow MoMA got woke
in Art, Interviews
With a curation that encourages detours, digressions and complete immersion, can the recently-reopened Museum of Modern Art in New York be a blueprint for others?
Read MoreCan Gond work in the contemporary street-art space?
in Art
With a residency with Gond artist Bhajju Shyam culminating in a painted wall at the Lodhi Art District, the St+Art India Foundation wants to expand the modern street-art narrative in India
Read MorePriyam Chatterjee: Drummer, Chef, Knight
In 2019, Priyam Chatterjee, who was last associated with Qla and Rooh, became the first Indian chef to be honoured with the Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite Agricole
Read MoreChandan Tiwary: The tree man of Delhi
Six months ago, this legal officer in Delhi found a whole new world through the capital’s trees
Read MoreRuskin Bond at 85: From his room in the hills
in Profile
On his 85th birthday, Ruskin Bond talks about the tricks memory plays, the secret to his long writing career, and how to keep political contexts alive in writing
Read MoreDrag addresses so much more than gender: Lush Monsoon
Meet Lush Monsoon, a drag queen, who in her day job is Ayushman, a 27-year-old housing rights lawyer in Delhi
Read MoreTrees give wings
in Art
In Delhi for his latest show, Pardhan Gond artist Venkat Raman Singh Shyam whose work focuses on celebrating, worshipping, and protecting greenery, has a strong message for the city
Read MoreRecontextualising a repository of history, for tweets and posts
India’s National Museum is taking baby steps on social media
Read MoreHow did an architect of the slam poetry scene become its Public Enemy No. 1?
The poetry world as Marc Smith knew it has changed
Read MoreThe Dream Merchants
The West Bengal government plans to sell its lottery tickets online, but the ticket sellers of Bara Bazaar keep their old-time clientele
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A sample of some of Negolution’s issues. (Source: Negolution’s Twitter page)
Is entrepreneurship the next Cuban revolution?
The story of a small one-year-old magazine encapsulates the still-tough media and business atmosphere in Cuba
Read MoreBack on Ground
in Human Interest, Policy
After her short-but-intense campaign in the Democratic primary to represent Illinois’ fourth Congressional District, Sol Flores returns to her roots as an affordable housing advocate.
Read More'The myth of English as America's national language': A conversation with Dominika Baran
The Duke University linguistics professor talks about her new book, and the power of language in determining inclusion.
Read MoreReshaping our cities
Four Instagram archivists photo-document their hometowns—Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai—to showcase the fast-fading everyday architectural surroundings in which they grew up
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