On the dive bar as a haven for the trend-bucking citydweller

Personal liberty is an undervalued commodity; we often do not appreciate it until we find someone has taken it away

Why being born inbetween cultures may not be such a bad thing

Pirated feeds, Toyota commercials in Arabic, long distance calls to Dad. The challenges and joys of watching the NBA Finals and other American sports in India

Malls in India offer expats a disturbing comfort of familiarity

The mysterious world of a house cat

Liberty Cinema, one of Mumbai’s last surviving art deco classics, is struggling for survival

A bunch of social networkers on the web have kept tabs on Michael Jordan’s outfits, the late Kim Jong Il’s postures and other such absurdities to hilarious effect

Joseph S Alter’s book studies masculinity in modern India and spans territories as distinct—if linked—as wrestling, exercise and saving semen

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…