Essays

Eat, Pray, Love

Ambarish Satwik

The palate is socially and culturally trained to either exalt or be squeamish about offal, the entrails of slaughtered animals.

On Mind and Mindness

Madhavankutty Pillai

Smack in the middle of a workshop on silence, terrified of his own thoughts and haunted by a toothache, the author realised how slippery our grip is on that thing we call the mind.

Cruisin’ in the Park

Dilip D'Souza

For years without end, a gay man lives out a second life, hidden from his wife. This author finds a hero in a ‘perfectly ordinary-looking’ guy with slicked back hair and a ready smile.

No Country for Anorexics

Shubhangi Swarup

Turkey isn’t for the weak-hearted. Much like the overwhelming flavours of its food, you must have a taste for adventure to discover the soul of the country.

My Kinda God

Carol Andrade

Desperate smoker and inveterate sufferer of that Catholic disease called scruples, the author discovered faith with the help of a few well-timed miracles and a happy, joyful God.

Good Food vs Bad Food

Gautam Pemmaraju

Move beyond vegetarian and non-vegetarian food. Start thinking of ethical and unethical food.

The Hungry Poet

Jaideep Mazumdar

Over 300 books, films for Satyajit Ray, a friend of Allen Ginsberg. And, of course, poetry that has redefined love, rebellion and restlessness. Just how do you define Sunil Gangopadhyay?

It was 1968 when they became pen friends. Marriage, kids, Clinton, photos of brothers in bell bottoms, they discussed everything, sitting continents apart. They are closest friends, but with no real desire to meet.

About Science and Sex

Manu Joseph

Tired of the same old stuff about love and loss, migrants and displacement? Delve into Ian McEwan’s Solar and encounter the discomforts of making science interesting.

The White Woman’s Burden

Sharell Cook

When she goes out with her Indian husband, she’s taken to be a foreign prostitute. When they holiday in Goa, they’re busted for drugs. Yet neighbours line up to meet her, coolly ignoring her husband. The curiosity of what it means to be a white woman married to a brown man.