Madhavankutty Pillai

As the second edition of the only national crossword competition gets underway, we take a look at the intriguing close-knit community of the best solvers in India

Alarm bells should ring when the IMF says that housing prices in India have fallen by 9 per cent

How come not even the Indian captain knows who the Indian coach is?

The evolution of Ganesha from a city deity to one of the most popular gods in the Indian pantheon

Notes from a meeting with BKS Iyengar, the yoga teacher

It was the other Dandi, led by C Rajagopalachari. Salt manufacturing in this coastal town of Tamil Nadu is in a crisis

The pitiful predicament of Moninder Singh Pandher, the other accused in the Nithari killings case

For Salman, getting into character for a movie is to discard some part of him, and that won’t sell. His fans love him only when he does not experiment too much. And he gives only that much to them

An adult for some crimes—and a juvenile for others?

Fascinating Parsi characters fill Cyrus Mistry’s uneven collection of stories around hassled sons and lonely spouses