Ancient Wisdom on Sexuality

Forbidden Intimacies

A debut short story collection from Pakistan lays bare power and desire

A Portrait of the Indian

A new survey reveals a deeply conservative country

The Spoken Word Order

Migration, both external and internal, has shaped the languages that we speak

Reading that Gives on

The unquantifiable value of a gifted book

Ashok Ferrey: Our Fathers in Heaven

Ashok Ferrey’s new book captures Sri Lankans at home and abroad. The author tells Antara Raghavan about the persistence of grief and the art of construction

Sunlight on Our Broken World

Mini Kapoor

A Humanist Behind the Camera

Ray chose his stories with the dexterity of a jeweller picking his diamonds. And he was far from naïve on politics

Today Is Tomorrow

The Freedom of Being a Covid Prisoner

For many, the lockdown of 2020 was a time of liberation, when they discovered their true selves in the midst of solitude