From dead kings who come riding at night to snakes that guard hidden treasure, all the myths come tumbling out in the village of Daundiya Kheda as the ASI looks for 1,000 tonnes of gold

Beyond the pretty photos, the hyper reality, the airbrushed perfection of fashion glossies

Memories of a youthful encounter

Three years ago, a temple was built here to the English Goddess. It was to be a medium of Dalit emancipation. But she disappeared as suddenly as she had come

Will Patna’s first nightclub be able to survive? So wonders Chinki Sinha on a visit to Disc Man

The story of five orphans forced to stay in a graveyard after their parents died of AIDS

The generation that grew up in Patna’s years of anarchy understood the wisdom of waiting and it has remained with them

Chibaukhera, a village 20 kilometres from Lucknow, finally got electricity for the first time in April this year, and all the television sets acquired in dowry started to come alive

An app that helps gay men find partners. Quickly

A 900 kilometre journey through death, pain, ruins, heroism and anger

CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…