Features

Salt of the Chic

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Common salt, did you say? These are boutique crystals, scraped from the Himalayas or harvested in France, bursting with health benefits and snob value. Go on, wake up and smell the salts

A Diaspora’s Outcry

Sajeda Momin

Prabhakaran may be dead and the 26-year-long civil war in Sri Lanka over, but in the minds and hearts of Tamil expats in the UK, the battle still rages on

Green House Effect

Avantika Bhuyan

If architectural trends reflect the consciousness of the times, we’re entering an era of heightened ecological sensitivity

Iraq’s New Day

Nishant Dahiya

Amid celebrations in Iraq on the partial withdrawal of US forces from urban areas, the case for optimism still gasps for fresh air

Exile Extended

Shivam Vij

Nineteen years after Kashmiri Pandits were pushed out, they yearn to return. But the young have moved on, refusing to give up the allure of life beyond the Valley

We Don’t Need No Board Exams

Shivam Vij

If Kapil Sibal expects wide applause for his proposals to modify schooling in India, he is in for some disappointment

Water is a resource Gujarat would have been flooded with had the Narmada project gone by plan. Instead, the state remains parched and farmers watch helplessly as reserves flow out to sea. It’s a story of alarming apathy

Deserts of the Heart

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A sole-searing and soul-baring trek through the unforgiving Masoala desert in Madagascar helps quell some of the restlessness that wracks our hearts

Attack of the Clones

CP Surendran

Your correspondent catches Varun Gandhi in an awkward moment to get a hang of what’s really going on in the young politician’s head

The Tweets of a Revolutionary Week

Rahul Bhatia

How the foot soldiers of a social networking website took the place of reporters on the streets of Tehran, and why this transformation in conflict reporting should annoy despots everywhere