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There is something amusing about the fact that a city famous for Chinese fishing nets, churches, synagogues and the occasional wholesome family lunch...
The average person now spends well over two hours a day on social media. A staggering statistic, and millions of those hours are spent watching...
Two men born in New Zealand have been in the headlines recently. For one of them, Ben Stokes, born in Christchurch, the headline is his natural...
The 8th century collection of Sanskrit stories, Suka Saptati, or Seventy Tales of the Parrot, was built around a frame narrative that would...
Last year, British television aired a documentary called Sex, Me and Disability, which followed a man living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy — a...
Many years ago, on a mild May afternoon, I walked towards Phuphee’s kitchen expecting her usual warm welcome. But on that particular day, I saw her...
Finding love after a divorce is rarely just about downloading a dating app and hoping the algorithm has finally learned your type. For single parents,...
It is one of cricket’s ironies that players welcome captaincy despite knowing that the chances of escaping its psychological and physical damage are...
The first thing you notice about these temples is what surrounds them. Victorian lawns, symmetrical fountains that recall Mughal pleasure gardens, a...
Bengaluru has never encountered a human interest it could not turn into a community. There are groups for runners, sourdough enthusiasts, amateur...
I was sitting at a French bar with a photographer, a culture and fashion zine founder, and a stylist, when a question was floated over crisp Chablis:...
On a crisp spring afternoon, Phuphee and I were sitting on the verandah chatting after our lunch. She had rustled up a simple dish of pootche gande ti...
When Mahendra Singh Dhoni was starting out as an India player, he had a favour to ask of the media. Please don’t rush to my parents’ house every...
A few months ago, Kumar, who lives on my farm in Kodaikanal, shared a piece of news that I have held close to my heart, letting it warm me every time...
We have become rather good at talking about consent. There are campaigns about it, dating-app prompts about it, and enough Instagram explainers to...
India does not have one Krishna, it has many. Each region, language, social class, and historical moment has shaped its own idea of who Krishna was,...
So Steve Smith was ‘traumatised’ at the reaction to his act of cheating in a Test match. Australia are in South Africa for their first Test series...
The office romance is having a strange little moment. We have spent the last decade making workplaces safer, more professional and increasingly...
The Pakistan Cricket Board fining its players five million Pakistani rupees each for failing to qualify for the semifinals is another in the list of...
I opened a new Hoppers outlet last month. New dishes, new room, a familiar mix of excitement and mild terror paired with the hope that people will...
Bishan Singh Bedi, thou shouldst be living at this hour! Jammu and Kashmir, a team he coached and instilled self-belief in, is playing the final of...
Everyone has an opinion about kink, and almost none of them begin with, “I’m curious.” The first time it came up with my friends, it was over...
“When most of us don’t find even one person decent enough to love, where do you find multiple?” This is one of the common questions I get from...
I’ve never quite known where I stand on Valentine’s Day. Like most people who work in restaurants, I’ve spent more Valentine’s Days watching...