Hari Kunzru on how internet memes inspire him to create a whole new English, knowing when to shut off the world, and stocking up on 0.5 mm ballpoints in preparation

From Skype satsangs to YouTube samadhis, your guide to armchair mysticism

At the Delhi Photo Festival, Sanjeev Saith marks a return to photography with intensely personal cellphone camera photos that he took to preserve memories of his elderly parents

Alien cults, Wall Street analysts, missionaries, ethnologists and rockstars go on an existential quest in the desert

He could rule for a further 12 years, which would make his a 22-year-rule

There are places in India where rape is grounds for marriage. In some villages in Murshidabad, for example

“A friend researching otters in the Chambal Valley found none other than Phoolan Devi waiting for him outside his tent”

‘Writing is like a Fancy Drug That’s Hard to Score and Harder to Quit’ ~ Mohammed Hanif

Since Sri Lanka’s civil war began 26 years ago, Tamils have gone back and forth across the historically porous border with India in Tamil Nadu. About 100,000 refugees live in Tamil Nadu today. After President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared the war over in May 2009, are they prepared to make a final cross-border leap of faith?

Meet marriage brokers who specialise in bringing together Sri Lankan Tamil refugees