Features

‘Dead Bastards’

Amitava Kumar

Reading poetry and listening to the radio as the trial of Bradley Manning begins

A World Without Men

Shahina KK

There are many settlements in Kerala’s Attappady tribal block that have only women, mostly widows with tragic lives. A close look at a peculiar imbalance

The Irony of a Name

Suhit Kelkar

Review website Mouthshut.com’s battle against being muzzled could strike a blow against online censorship

Marijuana Myths and the Mass Market

Aresh Shirali

With India’s General Election due in less than a year, this is a good time to push for the legalisation of this drug

The Fault, Dear Brutus, Lies in the Genes

Aanchal Bansal

Genetic testing for health risks holds plenty of promise in India, so long as enough people take to it

Meet the Freegans

Raksha Kumar

Some of them make abandoned buildings their home. A few scavenge for food. Most of them talk eloquently about freedom. What they have in common is an ideal: of living moneyless lives