Kaveree Bamzai
Once the site of aspirational perfection, the great Indian middle-class family is becoming less judgmental and more inclusive
Upamanyu Chatterjee’s seventh novel opens with the discovery of a dead body in a park. He speaks to Nandini Nair about creating crafty characters and the villainy principle
Shilpa Gupta’s immersive works interrogate censorship and celebrate language
Nagraj Manjule’s third feature film is yet another sharp critique of upper-caste oppression, establishing him as the truthteller of Marathi cinema and beyond
A unique contest in the social sector shows the potential of good storytelling in philanthropy
The forced migration of Kashmiri Pandits, for long kept out of the national narrative, is finally becoming visible and gaining the attention of the rest of India
What the career of the new Mumbai police commissioner says about the Indian system
A journalist’s personal, yet universal, grief during the pandemic