Essays
We Are Blind to Beauty
Indrajit Hazra
What the lack of interest in a spectacular show on Tagore tells us about India’s art brigade
The Hypocrisy of Indian Designers
Indian designers treat runway shows as entertainment. What they show on the ramp, they dare not sell in their stores
Jaw-Jaw with Jarawas
Pramod Kumar is one of the few researchers in the world who has interacted with this Andamanese tribe. He recently completed a PhD thesis on the grammar of their language
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
The Art of Living
Samiir Halady’s kidneys stopped functioning 11 years ago, but that has not kept him from his first love, trekking
Hot Wheels, A La Carte
Akshai Varde on his life and career trajectory—from being a flight attendant to designing the motorcycle that Akshay Kumar uses in 'Oh My God'
A Passion for Football
Santhosh Kumar lives two lives and does not even wear a mask. As an auto-rickshaw driver in one and a no-nonsense, FIFA-accredited referee in the other
Sans Advantage
How Abhishek Mukherjee, an international tennis umpire whose life was repeatedly set back by cancer, kept returning to the top of his game
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