Features

On the Border

V Shoba

Why the Karnataka-Maharashtra dispute no longer resonates with the people of Belagavi

India Rising

Lhendup G Bhutia

A launching pad that takes the Indian team into uncharted territory

Diary of Kasturba Gandhi to offer new insights about the woman behind the Mahatma

Ullekh NP

Discovered recently, the diary of Mahatma Gandhi’s wife will be transcribed, translated and published soon as a book by their great grandson Tushar

‘Cultures where people share more about themselves will be slow in switching’

Ullekh NP

Noted behavioural economist Dan Ariely on WhatsApp users fleeing to Signal and Telegram

A Stage for Two Only

V Shoba

It is a straight contest in Tamil Nadu between MK Stalin and Edappadi K Palaniswami after Rajinikanth’s retreat

The Court in the Middle

Siddharth Singh

After the court passed an interim order on a clutch of petitions related to three farm reform laws passed by Parliament, it found itself in the midst of a firestorm

After the End

Open

Script: Jai Undurti | Art: Harsho Mohan Chattoraj

Breakout Stars

Kaveree Bamzai

Pratik Gandhi | Rasika Dugal | Sanjay Kapoor | Divyendu | Jaideep Ahlawat

The Brutal Honesty of Kim Ki-duk (1960-2020)

Ullekh NP

The celebrated and controversial South Korean director’s films were replete with gore, violence and sex, but they also exposed our hypocrisies

Celebrity reality shows work if their subjects are either fabulously crass or fabulously classy. Streaming services have some answers but does the genre have legs at a time when the pandemic has leashed even our fantasies?