Essays
In Memory of Mayawati
Gautam Bhatia
If an etching of her presence on the template of history is what she wanted, that’s all she’ll have got at the end. Here’s how we’ll remember her
Why Sex is Divine
There’s more to the erotic imagery at the Khajuraho temples than a wanton display of lust. The author reveals the architectural logic for these sacred sculptures
Space Cadet
This author lost his boyhood to science fiction. It was a bit like Dante’s hell: abandon ye all hope, those who enter here
Unicultural Indians in Multicultural Australia?
So the scene for Indians is really bad in Australia. But surely there’s something these hapless desis can do to make life easier for themselves
Music to My Ears
Resul Pookutty is a film sound engineer, sound designer and sound mixer. In 2008, he won the Oscar for Best Sound Mixing for Danny Boyle’s film Slumdog Millionaire
King and I
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
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