Living

Grow Emus, Young Man

Madhavankutty Pillai

The national bird of Australia is busy making babies in Indian poultry farms. And they are not here to be slaughtered, not for 10 more years at least.

Three Men in a Theatre

Shyam G. Menon

The astonishing story of three young men who got addicted to Hollywood in the late 1940s and could not give it up as they slowly became old men and the world around them changed.

The Relationship Mall

Pallavi Polanki

Welcome to the modern era of social interaction. Take your pick of ‘friend with benefits’, ‘fuck buddy’, ‘office spouse’, ‘liberated friend’...

The Girl Who Dared

Rahul Pandita

A Kashmiri who fell in love with a Jammu businessman across the religious divide seeks justice after he was killed by the police in Srinagar.

The Complex Maharashtrian

Akshay Sawai

Most Maharashtrians look down upon ‘leaders’ like Raj Thackeray, but he is politically successful because of a strange Marathi gene.

Where’s the Party?

Avantika Bhuyan

A tryst with the midnight sun in Finland, a slow boat down the Amazon or a walk down Tahiti’s white beaches. This New Year is all about the new. So move over, Goa and Kerala

Stone Temple Pilots

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

These centuries old temples of Himachal Pradesh are fine examples of traditional quake resistant architecture. Meet an architectural duo who are documenting these hidden treasures

Crossing the Line

Shriniwas Kelkar

One man who has a peculiar interest in stepping on India’s borders describes some odd sightings.

Is Tea Had Any Better?

Jaideep Mazumdar

A tea planter in Darjeeling is training workers to take over his estate. And he is not doing it for fear of insurgency—it’s because that’s the only way to grow the best tea in the world.