The Cult and the Kitsch
Kochadaiiyaan may have disappointed his fans. But the legend of Rajinikanth’s stardom will endure
28 May 2014
A Hidden Firebrand
On the occasion of the publication in English of his novel One Part Woman, Tamil writer Perumal Murugan talks about growing up a reader in a family of farmers and getting into trouble writing about caste
10 February 2014
‘Let’s Share the Cock’
Prospective grooms say the darndest things. Nandini Krishnan gathers stories of hilarious adventures of women in the bizarre world of marriage arrangement
21 August 2013
Everything You Know about Tamil Films Is Probably Wrong
The Tamil film industry is an extraordinary place
08 March 2013
Melodies out of Thin Air
Through practice and oral gymnastics, some Indians have elevated whistling to an art form
29 December 2012
Authors
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
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 ‘JNU: Nationalism and India’s Uncivil Wars’. Views are personal.
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