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
17 November 2011From Skype satsangs to YouTube samadhis, your guide to armchair mysticism
03 November 2011At 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
21 October 2011Alien cults, Wall Street analysts, missionaries, ethnologists and rockstars go on an existential quest in the desert
14 October 2011He could rule for a further 12 years, which would make his a 22-year-rule
03 October 2011There are places in India where rape is grounds for marriage. In some villages in Murshidabad, for example
03 October 2011“A friend researching otters in the Chambal Valley found none other than Phoolan Devi waiting for him outside his tent”
17 September 2011‘Writing is like a Fancy Drug That’s Hard to Score and Harder to Quit’ ~ Mohammed Hanif
16 September 2011Since 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?
11 August 2011Meet marriage brokers who specialise in bringing together Sri Lankan Tamil refugees
06 August 2011Brahma 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 the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle