Essays
King and I
Rahul Chandawarkar
A modest apartment, a borrowed Maruti 800 for outings, Mahendra Peshwa, descendant of the legendary Maratha rulers, is like any other middle-class guy. Except for that last name...
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After three years of post-retirement blues, former government employee TS Rajagopalan started working again—at a call centre, with youngsters half his age
A Fine Balance
Bobby is a 32-year-old man who feels like a woman. Here, he talks about what he went through to be both, and still come out happy
City of Imagination
The author on Calcutta’s elusive connection with its literary tradition and the anarchy caused by the Hungry Generation
Mother Superior?
Mothers think they are the centre of their children’s universe. Alas, they find they are not
Bollywood, via Patna
This Tinseltown’s most prolific reporter works out of Patna. How does he go about doing his job in a state of absence?
On the Road, All the Time
For 16 years, Dipankar Sarkar has been living on Delhi’s streets. And he has fought the cops to claim his place under the sun
Why I Sing
Sunidhi Chauhan is the nearest India has to a rock star. She tells us how performing on stage gives her the freedom to cut to loose
Living Clean
No stealing, no bribing, no meat, no queue jumping. Madhavankutty Pillai gives the ethical life his best shot, and finds it tough going.
Marginal Man
Vijay Nambisan has chosen to live on the margins. The mainstream passes him by. How does the world of career moves and caste politics, hype and hysteria, awards and acclaim appear to a man whose every day may as well be a Saturday?
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