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Art & Culture

Conscience Keepers

Behind India’s most-talked-about talk show

Sharp, Blunt and Interactive

Acquiring a taste for theatre at the International Theatre Festival of Kerala

A Soft Porn Star’s Life

Extracts from the autobiography of Shakeela, South India’s celebrity soft-porn star who wouldn’t go completely nude

A Burning Question

Mumbai’s Parsis find themselves divided over a crematorium for those who’d rather not opt for the traditional Towers of Silence

Women in Our Ads

It’s not just that Tanishq ad, a swarm of new promotional campaigns project women as strong, independent and in control of their worlds

Books Do Matter. Or Do They?

Reading into the Jaipur Literature Festival

Real vs Reel

The fuss over Mohanlal’s new film in Kerala

The Argumentative Musician

In recent years, TM Krishna, one of Carnatic music’s top vocalists, has been mounting a radical critique of kutcheri, the south Indian classical music performance. His book, released recently, challenges the status quo in a way few ever have

Ancient Friends, Modern Enemies

New research claims that even more than our genes, it is our bacterial composition that determines our health. And our happiness and moods

The Parties of Tomorrow

...will still be worth going to. Electronic dance music predates the superstar deejay and will outlive him

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