Machli, the world's most famous tigress, is dying. A tribute

In rural Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, there is talk of the ‘miraculous operation’ which gifts childless women with progeny.

An uneasy disquiet, a sense of foreboding that casts a shadow behind the lone woman going home.

“Most jeweller meets are vegetarian events. A recent one had delegates from the US and Russia too, but it was still vegetarian”

Gag orders work well with politicians whose careers are tied to their parties, like Shashi Tharoor

Abbas and Pakhi Tyrewala on working together… and the lies they tell each other

He had the worst title ever—‘the world’s unluckiest man’. But Pete Best made a good fist of it after being dismissed as the original drummer of The Beatles in 1962. He recounts the momentous tour to Hamburg, the death of his naivete and his suicide attempt two years later

From the book by Rohinton Mistry

“People would be stunned hearing me shout out to my boss, ‘Is motherfucker okay or can bastard go?’”

“I get many job offers. But every nanny develops an attachment to the child she looks after. It is difficult to quit the job”