Questions can be funny, especially when they are hurled at you from a height. I haven’t the slightest clue about human psychology, but people do love to get on a high horse. In this case, the relevance of compact SUVs to keen drivers was being questioned. And the logic was relatively simple: how can something made to handle everyday tasks satiate those who love judging corner grip through their palms and the seat of their pants? It’s an eccentric bunch of people (who love cars), so getting it right becomes all the more difficult — and even more so for a manufacturer-new to the local market. The burgeoning success of the Kia Seltos might tell you that Kia’s managed to tick all the right boxes, but what does the Seltos do for the enthusiast? A well-paved road awaited us.
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Mob Mentality
How the Modi government fuels a dangerous vigilantism
RIP TIDES
Shahidul Alam’s exploration of Bangladeshi photography and activism
Trickle-down Effect
Nepal–India tensions have advanced from the diplomatic level to the public sphere
Editor's Pick
ON 23 SEPTEMBER 1950, the diplomat Ralph Bunche, seen here addressing the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The first black Nobel laureate, Bunche was awarded the prize for his efforts in ending the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Shades of The Grey
A Pune bakery rejects the rigid binaries of everyday life / Gender
Scorched Hearths
A photographer-nurse recalls the Delhi violence
Licence to Kill
A photojournalist’s account of documenting the Delhi violence
CRIME AND PREJUDICE
The BJP and Delhi Police’s hand in the Delhi violence
Bled Dry
How India exploits health workers
The Bookshelf: The Man Who Learnt To Fly But Could Not Land
This 2013 novel, newly translated, follows the trajectory of its protagonist, KTN Kottoor.
