Arts & Letters
The Hypocrisy of Indian Designers
Kallol Datta
Indian designers treat runway shows as entertainment. What they show on the ramp, they dare not sell in their stores
Beastly Tales from Cover to Cover
The assumption that all animal stories are children’s stories is an odd one. Two recent books, by Nilanjana Roy and Musharraf and Michelle Farooqi, remind us that many of our best-loved stories that feature animals have engaged children as much as they have intrigued adult readers
Ruin of the Congress
As two recent books tell us, India’s most charismatic leader, Indira Gandhi, has left a debilitating effect on the party. Rahul’s efforts to shelve personality-driven politics only bewilders it
Pakistan’s TV Warriors
Pakistan’s new media is fearlessly taking on India bashers and those distorting history in ways that would have been seen as unpatriotic a few years ago.
The Metro Magnet
Delhi’s upper middle-class has never cared to be seen rubbing shoulders with the city’s plebeians who use public transport. Which is why it’s so surprising to see how well they have taken to the Metro
How My Conscience Was Abducted in Dantewada
In the garb of social responsibility, the Essar Group recently organised a storytelling festival for the ‘benefit’ of children in this Maoist-dense area. Apart from the organisers’ poorly disguised disdain for local artistes, what emerged most starkly was the stench of corporate propaganda
Reading in Sin
If sexual explicitness caused the most outrage in the early phase of book bans in India, there was a point after which it became almost entirely about religion
The Guru Ambedkar
BR Ambedkar chose a religion rather than a political ideology to empower India’s Untouchables for a reason
The Gandhi Style Statements
Namrata Zakaria on the First Family’s enviable wardrobe, and why their sartorial sense matters so much
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