Cover Story

The Dreamliner That Didn’t Climb

V Shoba

The crash of AI171 exposes the narrow margin between flight and failure and the unforgiving nature of take-off

The Tragedy of Flight AI171

Ullekh NP

India in mourning after the Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London crashes moments after take-off, raising questions about aviation safety. Lone survivor among 242 aboard, many students of BJ Medical College feared killed as the plane on fire crashes into their dining hall

The Cultural Traveller

Madhavankutty Pillai

The world is a series of connections available to those who go looking for it. In doing so, they discover something of themselves

Elemental Beauty

Arti Das

It took Arti Das 10 years to visit Andretta, a picturesque village in the Himalayas that became a global centre for pottery. But it was worth the wait

Singing by the Rain

V Shoba

Sacred groves, spring festivals and villages that weave art from baskets— V Shoba finds the monsoon in Meghalaya to be a season of the soul

Romancing Saigon

Anjum Hasan

Vietnam celebrates 50 years of its reunification this year. In Ho Chi Minh City, amidst overflowing cafés, restaurants, boutiques, souvenir shops, and museums, Anjum Hasan finds the ultimate triumph has been of consumerism

A Moveable Feast

Suvir Saran

Suvir Saran discovers the world on his tongue, every dish an identity and connection, from Manhattan’s eclectic chaos to Tokyo’s measured precision

Trombones and Tabasco

Rishad Saam Mehta

Rishad Saam Mehta learns that the New Orleans Jazz Festival is the perfect end to a road trip through Louisiana, exploring Cajun towns, swamps and plantations