‘Sedition’ as Tyranny

The Man Who Got Malaria 37 Times

Doctors diagnosed filaria, typhoid, gastroenteritis, and even advised a shrink. But having had malaria so many times, Rauf Ali, far from dreading the disease, now finds that it is ‘not bad at all’.

The Write Stuff

Deserted by her muse, Aditi Aanand signed up for a writing class in New York. And many a short story and haiku later, discovered that writing is really a contact sport, not a solitary activity

Hiroshima’s Child

Growing up, Miyuki Kamimura didn’t hear stories of gnomes and fairies. His was a childhood with tales of people with half-faces and burnt skin. We learn of life in the shadow of Hiroshima

A Reluctant Soldier

The young CRPF trooper the author met has not made his peace with his job. He is an Indian soldier, but he wants you to remember that he is a Kashmiri first

A Convict’s Escape

A criminal at age 15, gang leader at 16, and state fugitive at 17, this student by day and gangster by night had done it all until he was arrested at 22. But even jail failed to break Vicky. Anupam Mukerji meets the man who turned to dance to kill the demon in him.

A Campus Shooting in Texas

It is something you typically read about in newspapers. Deepthi Murali, an Indian student in the United States, got a first-hand experience of what happens when a gunman runs loose on campus

Crossing the Line

Once a Beatle…

He had the worst title ever—‘the world’s unluckiest man’. But Pete Best made a good fist of it after being dismissed as the original drummer of The Beatles in 1962. He recounts the momentous tour to Hamburg, the death of his naivete and his suicide attempt two years later

One Mistake of My Life

During a stint at a publishing firm, the author shared the dubious distinction of rejecting what has since become India’s biggest publishing sensation. Paperback copies, lining shelves of bookstores, still seem to mock her judgement.