Drink in Peace
On the dive bar as a haven for the trend-bucking citydweller
01 February 2014Who’s Laughing Now?
Personal liberty is an undervalued commodity; we often do not appreciate it until we find someone has taken it away
09 October 2013
A Child Without a Country
Why being born inbetween cultures may not be such a bad thing
17 July 2013
Zombies United
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
12 June 2013
Home Space
Malls in India offer expats a disturbing comfort of familiarity
29 December 2012
Not a Happy Ending
Liberty Cinema, one of Mumbai’s last surviving art deco classics, is struggling for survival
16 April 2012
The Tumblr Comedians
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
09 March 2012
Power of Celibacy
Joseph S Alter’s book studies masculinity in modern India and spans territories as distinct—if linked—as wrestling, exercise and saving semen
23 February 2012
Authors
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
MJ Akbar is an MP and the author of, most recently, Gandhi’s Hinduism: The Struggle Against Jinnah’s IslamWhile
Makarand R Paranjape, director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, is the author of the forthcoming book Swami Vivekananda: Hinduism and India’s Road to Modernity. Views are personal
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