controversy

Spare the Momo Please

Lhendup G Bhutia

A Tibetan snack that encloses varied flavours as well as memories, draws investment as much as political flak, it boasts of a culinary heritage that some trace to the Mongol Empire

Gag Orders

Open

Gag orders work well with politicians whose careers are tied to their parties, like Shashi Tharoor

Your dignity is above all else

Aparna Popat

Aparna Popat, the Olympian and nine-time National badminton champ, makes a warts-and-all assessment of an Indian sportswoman’s life.

“A jihad for the right to love who you want”

Shubhangi Swarup

A Jihad For Love, a courageous documentary about homosexual Muslims, shot furtively by an Indian filmmaker, is sending shock waves around the globe.

Jesus Christ Superstory

Sandipan Deb

Philip Pullman’s is perhaps the most important novel yet of the still-young century. It’s a grand tragedy about two brothers—Jesus and Christ.

An Illiterate Civilisation?

Hartosh Singh Bal

Rarely do academic quarrels enter popular discourse. But the latest battle has thrown up a gripping controversy. Could the people of Indus Valley read and write?