Living

The American who Became a Sikh Yogini

Madhavankutty Pillai

How Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa went from being a hippie to a renowned yoga teacher

In Defence of Literary Dandies and Dandizettes

Tishani Doshi

A poet in Hermès defends the fashion statement of writers

Father, Son and the Double Helix

Snigdha Poonam

Suspicious couples and the booming cottage industry of peace-of-mind tests

All that’s fit to sell

Madhavankutty Pillai

Can you think of any shop that would sell a toothpaste, or a 67-year-old newspaper, or an aircraft? The curious world of online classifieds

The Primal Flavours of Telangana

V Shoba

In Hyderabad, a city where you are what you eat, we look for the original, minimalist cuisine of India’s newest state

TEENS, SEX AND TECHNOLOGY

Aekta Kapoor

Social media apps make romance easier for India’s high-schoolers, posing a culture shock to parents

LUTYENS SYNDROME

Chinki Sinha

It’s one of the best addresses in Delhi—and one of the poshest and the classiest as well in its imperial elegance. Some occupants find it too good to vacate. We find out why

TASTE OF THE SEA

Lhendup G Bhutia

India exports octopus in large quantities, and now the cephalopod has begun to feature on the menus of upscale Indian restaurants. But will you eat it?