Culture Everything is in India’s soil
In a narrow lane in Shahdara, two women keep a four-generation clay trade going, though they can no longer fire a pot in the city
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Culture A warning to India’s billionaires
“India has one of the oldest and largest libraries in the world; we just don’t have a search bar for it” — Pooja Porwal, CEO,...
Culture The sound of a qawwali for Bhagwan Ram’s wedding was a choice
Mangal Rang was released on 25 October, eleven days before Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana reaches theatres. It celebrates the union of Bhagwan Ram and Devi Sita...
Culture In Almora, Ravan never burns alone
The town’s mohallas build two dozen of Ravan’s allies, and burn them together on Dussehra
Books Amitav Ghosh’s sweeper-woman doesn’t need rescuing
In Amitav Ghosh’s The Calcutta Chromosome, Elijah Farley visits D. D. Cunningham’s laboratory in Calcutta. When Lutchman takes unusually long to return with a slide,...
Culture Turn it down: Badrinath is not a concert venue
There are some places where silence is not an absence of sound but itself a form of worship. Places where one does not go merely...
Culture Stop searching for the West in ancient India
Among the many methods adopted to save Hindus from Hinduism – i.e., polytheistic idolatry that would lead to hellfire – is Roberto de Nobili’s (1577-1656)...
Culture Being Gen Z isn’t a free pass to do anything
In the high-altitude, strategically sensitive terrain of Ladakh, near the Minimarg checkpoint on the Kargil route, a viral video captured something far more disturbing than...
Culture How soft power flipped the rules of global influence
In September 2021, BTS stood before the United Nations General Assembly—not as entertainers invited to perform, but as representatives of a generation. Their appearance was...
Culture The ‘Rs 370 biryani’ remark reveals why modern relationships are failing
What is the least a man should hope for after a date? A memorable conversation? A few genuine laughs? The possibility that the girl might...
