True Life

The One and Only

Chinki Sinha

Will Patna’s first nightclub be able to survive? So wonders Chinki Sinha on a visit to Disc Man

A Terrorist’s Body

Gunjeet Sra recounts her memories of heading out with her grandfather as a child to join the village in a celebration at the spot where a Khalistani separatist had been gunned down

‘Let’s Share the Cock’

Nandini Krishnan

Prospective grooms say the darndest things. Nandini Krishnan gathers stories of hilarious adventures of women in the bizarre world of marriage arrangement

Rejecting Home

Claudia Richter

Troubled by the spectres haunting Europe, Claudia Richter is on self-imposed exile in India

How to Spend Your Money

Michael Van Cleef Ault

The owner of one of the world’s most expensive nightclubs, where a table spend can be close to $100,000, on why creating great parties is an art in itself

The Bar Dancer Who Became a Writer

Lhendup G Bhutia

Shagufta Rafique became a sex worker at the age of 17, joined bar-dancing some years later, and now finds success as a film scriptwriter

A Child Without a Country

Michael Edison Hayden

Why being born inbetween cultures may not be such a bad thing

The former head of the counter-terrorism wing of RAW succumbed to cancer on 16 June. His tweets over the past five months, as he watched his body being laid waste by the effects of his illness and radiation therapy, document his fears, hopes and determination to emerge the victor

Yet Another Everest First

Mihir Srivastava

The first twins to climb Mount Everest, Tashi and Nungshi Malik, on negotiating the death zone in pitch darkness and why their achievement is worthy of attention