The humour and romance of being in Karuthupuzha
A review of Manu Bhattathiri’s Oracle of Karuthupuzha
Sylvia: Mythreyi Karnoor's is a clever debut
Calling ‘Sylvia’ anthology fiction might be reductive
A portrait of the moment: Hari Kunzru on 'Red Pill'
The British novelist talks about his new novel, Red Pill, and why writing this intense story of privacy, surveillance and paranoia was therapeutic
Our changing relationship with wristwatches
Has the market takeover of smartwatches changed our relationship with wristwatches?
Tanjore paintings: The guild of gold
How gold foil on gesso made its way to Thanjavur paintings and why it endures
The infinite hypnosis of the infinite scroll
How ‘infinite scroll’, a UX decision made years ago, still creates major disruption across social routines offline, and across mental health online
MoMA's grand reopening: An interview with Glenn D Lowry
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?
Can Gond work in the contemporary street-art space?
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
Priyam 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
Chandan Tiwary: The tree man of Delhi
Six months ago, this legal officer in Delhi found a whole new world through the capital’s trees
Ruskin Bond at 85: From his room in the hills
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
Drag 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
Trees give wings
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
Recontextualising a repository of history, for tweets and posts
India’s National Museum is taking baby steps on social media
How did an architect of the slam poetry scene become its Public Enemy No. 1?
The poetry world as Marc Smith knew it has changed
The 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
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
Back on Ground
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.
'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.
Reshaping 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