Living

The Science of DNA Testing

arindam

If you are interested in the story of your own ancestry and how you can submit your own DNA sample for testing (all it needs is a simple scrape of the cheeks)

The Story of Our Origins

Hartosh Singh Bal

DNA tests on a cross-section of Indians including John Abraham and Baichung Bhutia reveal surprising truths about our origins

The Terror of Wedding Raggers

Shahina KK

It has unified political parties in Kerala’s Malabar region, but to no effect. Newlywed couples continue to suffer humiliating pranks played by friends of the groom

A Woman in Bangladesh

Wei Fen Lee

I only saw men wherever I went, and every young man was a hopeless romantic

A Cut above Modern Medicine

Atiya Hussain

A coin, a blade, and in the balance, life. How dais can teach modern medicine a thing or two

My Experiments with Facebook Activism

Himanshu Kumar

Forced by the authorities to abandon his social work in Dantewada, he tried his hand at online activism. The story of his disappointment

Confessions of a South Asian Pacifist

Mani Shankar Aiyar

Basking in the hospitality of Pakistan, remembering the thrill of the liberation of Bangladesh, and trying to be a good guest of Sri Lanka

McLeodganj/Dharamshala has all the signs of a tired tourist haunt: ugly neon signs, ungainly buildings and stories of drugs and whores. But the air is still crisp, the mountains majestic and the cake memorable