Mumbai

On A Meow Meow High in Mumbai

Haima Deshpande

A new addiction is gripping the city

The Curious Case of an Indian Arab Cricketer

A once-promising but long-forgotten name in Mumbai’s domestic circuit turns up at the World Cup for another country. The story of Swapnil Patil

THE LAST ENCOUNTER

Lhendup G Bhutia

They were Mumbai policemen with a licence to kill. Now they want to be politicians

THE BUCKS NEVER STOP

Omkar Khandekar

The booming market economy sustained by the World Cup

Storytelling from Kashmir

S Prasannarajan

Between the protector and the persecuted

Nothing Common About this Man

Lhendup G Bhutia

How RK Laxman, the creator of the Common Man, was nothing like the character he created

TASTE OF THE SEA

Lhendup G Bhutia

India exports octopus in large quantities, and now the cephalopod has begun to feature on the menus of upscale Indian restaurants. But will you eat it?

The Capital City

Madhavankutty Pillai

Mumbai has its commercial roots in drug money. A profile of the City

The Pose and the Portrait

Deepika Sorabjee

The juxtaposition of two modernists, a painter and a photographer, from the subcontinent celebrates the confluence of cultural histories beyond nationhood