Art & Culture

The Thought Police in Jaipur

Sanjoy Roy

And why the LitFest needs liberal middle-class support

An Abduction That Changed Assamese Literature

Aruni Kashyap

Writer Indira Goswami made a significant literary contribution to Assam’s peace process. It was through her efforts that writing by militants, initially shunned by the people, gained a central place in the Assamese imagination

Naga Sadhus on Hire

Dhirendra K Jha

As akharas find it harder and harder to get new recruits, they are paying people to pose as Naga ascetics and swell their numbers for the duration of the Kumbh

Bijoy Jain’s ‘Path of Least Resistance’

Lhendup G Bhutia

A boutique under a cricket stadium, a resort in the middle of a dense coconut plantation, a Bombay highrise built to embrace the rains, there is very little that this Alibaug-based architect is not trying

Indie in India

Devika Bakshi

Touring India isn’t easy for independent bands, but UK-based Fink is determined to make it here. Lead singer Fin Greenall tells us why, and what makes it worth it