What Shalini Passi Knows
After her debut in Fabulous Lives Vs Bollywood Wives, Delhi’s Shalini Passi—philanthropist, influencer, Bollywood celebrity and self-care diva—who gives little boxes of herbal dust to her friends, is now in the mass eye. Fair or unfair, deal with her
'Fabulous Lives Vs Bollywood Wives' Reignites The Delhi Mumbai Debate
The show is a tug of war between two uber-privileged cliques—the Mumbai and Delhi groups—each arguing that neither of them is one. Both sides maintain tight, territorial impulses.
Lutyens’ Delhi: Alienating Itself From The Past
Mumbai is all of a piece in its colonial and postcolonial modernity, whereas Delhi’s modernity, such as it is, is at odds with its medieval past
Finding Mumbai, Amid The Blocks And Towers
You lose your city if you refuse to venture into the unfamiliar to find the familiar
Delhi Is Class, Mumbai Is Cool But Which One Is Better?
In Delhi, everyone has a baap who has their back. Mumbai has the godlier bappa to turn to ten days a year
Language Of Clothing As Shorthand Of A City
The differences between Delhi and Mumbai are at time codified through clothing
Delhi Vs Mumbai: An Actor's Struggle Captures A Cultural Divide
'In Delhi, we used to do rehearsals; we worked on character, voice. In Mumbai, it was about completing one job and finding the next one,' notes an actor
Uncovering Old Delhi's History Through Its Food
The food of Old Delhi serves as a living archive of memories—both personal and collective
In Kamathipura, It's Business Of Sex Vs Business Of Real Estate
While proximity to south Mumbai has made the neighbourhood increasingly unaffordable for the sex workers with small commercial units coming in, the government has been pushing for redevelopment—euphemism for gentrification.
Walking Through The Homes In Chandni Chowk
Chandni Chowk is being usurped by a redevelopment model that will wipe out its unique blend of history, culture and commerce
Mumbai, Through Its Poets
The most imaginative chronicles of Mumbai’s 'spirit' come to us from the city’s poets
Finding Space For Love In Bombay
In a city continuously grappling for space, lovers have found their own pockets of expression jostling against one another
Street Photography: Finding The Extraordinary In The Ordinary
Street photography isn’t just about catching a fleeting moment of action. It’s about patience—waiting for that instance when the subject is oblivious to the fact that the photographer is there.
In Sambhal, An Engineered Silence
It weighs heavily on the stillness of the empty streets in the centuries-old town of Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, where clashes with police over yet another ‘mandir-masjid’ dispute led to the deaths of local Muslim men
Why The Lotus Doesn't Bloom In Jharkhand
What is about the Adivasis of Jharkhand that prevents the saffron lotus from blooming or even taking root, unlike in the Adivasi-majority seats of Chhattisgarh and Odisha where the BJP did exceedingly well in the past few years?
BJP Trumps Thackeray’s Sena
The tables have turned on the original harbingers of communal politics in Maharashtra
In Spirited Delhi, We Drive With A Big 'Dil'
With ‘Jatt ki Jet, Gujjar The Great’ written on the windshields, and Vodka on the fuel-tank lid, we can’t be expected to be idling the engine.