Hearts In Galleons
Close trade ties bind India with EU and UK. A ‘Brexit’ is seen through a commercial lens.
But The Bus Is Packed!
The crowded-bus syndrome informs UK Indians’ position. Immigrants themselves, they don’t want more coming in.
If The Darkness Leaves A Vestige Of Good Sense...
The US’s worst mass shooting red-flags homophobia and terror. It also highlights the arrant lack of gun control gnawing at America’s heart.
Chunnel Fission
Town-criers on both sides of ‘Brexit’ have split Britain. At stake are polity, economy, foreign relations and identity.
The Golden Bronze
She bitterly rues her missed chance in Sydney, but is proud to be India’s first woman medallist
The BJP’s Gandhian Dilemma
Politics is in his blood—the blood of a family his party’s top men love to hate. The cutting-to-size was waiting to happen.
Sainik Colony, Don’t We Live There Already?
Settlements, demographic change... On her own, even Mehbooba may have hit the streets on this.
Who’s That Man In The Angadi?
While the migrant community continues to grow, Kerala can barely tame its prejudices
Sbeen A Long Tym Since I Rocknrolla
From basement tapes to fronting for Iron Maiden...the veteran Delhi band Parikrama recounts its 25 years of Rock evolution
1984 Muck Sticks To This Lotus
The Congress throws political self-interest to the wind every time. Not contrition, not even evasion...it’s as if that dark past didn’t happen.
“It’s A Tragedy Of The Commons.”
Vice-president for research and policy at the Public Health Foundation of India Dr Ramanan Laxminarayan on what the post-antibiotic era might look like
The Bugs Just Got Bugsier
The overuse of antibiotics has created a crisis of microbial resistance—the drugs aren’t working
“If We’re Re-Elected, Uttar Pradesh Will Get A New Identity As Uttam Pradesh”
One of the youngest chief ministers, Akhilesh Yadav, on his achievements and the challenges in running the most populous state of India
Anushk Mittal
The 17-year-old prodigy on developing a sleep app called ‘Sleepisle’, which won him the Apple scholarship 2016
Bibliofile
Two Indian-origin doctor-authors in the NYT bestsellers' list and another bags the Dubin Lit Award
Tippler Takes Over The West
An in-depth study of alcohol which will be useful to academics but has very little room for levity
And Also
The first ever electronic publishing house for book-lovers to browse, preview, buy and gift titles
The Sked
A group show of figurative paintings in Mumbai, an exhibition on the life and legacy of Kumarajiva and the Samhaara Theatre Group’s stand-up event
Yoga For Today And Everyday
Everything that has been passed down to us through oral tradition is of value, at least to our health
In Praise Of The Arctic Tern
For making the longest flight ever recorded and surviving to tell the tale of their incredible 96,000-km journey
Big B, Small C
Amitabh Bachchan does a disservice to his enormous appeal and influence when he takes the safe route and does not speak truth
Dorset Diary
I was greatly pleased to arrive in Thomas Hardy’s birthplace one June morning and note with a perverse satisfaction that the world seemed to have forgotten his birthday