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Love in Bombay

In a city continuously grappling for space, lovers have found their own pockets of expression jostling against one another

Unscripted Moments

Street photography is all about finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, one candid moment at a time

Sambhal Files

An engineered silence 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

A State of Difference

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

Verses of Witnessing

The most imaginative chronicles of Mumbai's \"spirit\" come to us from the city's poets

Walking Through the Homes

Chandni Chowk is being usurped by a redevelopment model that will wipe out its unique blend of history, culture and commerce

Cost of Living, Price of Loving

In Mumbai's Kamathipura, the business of sex fails to keep up with the profits of real estate

A Taste of History

A delectable food walk in Old Delhi uncovers layers of history

Dramatis Personae

Comparing an actor's struggles in Delhi and Mumbai maps out the differing cultures of two disparate cities

My Name is Delhi

VISITORS have been coming to meet me from eternity, even when I didn’t have a name. There are so many secrets that hide in my bosom, though some have been uncovered.

Clothing Codes

The language of clothing is the shorthand of a city. In Mumbai, practicality has always been the dress code

Circular/Narrow

Delhi is class. Mumbai is cool. But which one is better? The debate continues

Vertical Limit

You lose your city if you refuse to venture into the unfamiliar to find the familiar

Lutyens' Complex

CLIMATE change will likely make the Delhi-Mumbai comparison moot because one will burn and the other will drown. For millions of working people in these two cities, the treadmill of making ends meet, making rent and making it to work on time, makes competing claims to cosmopolitanism feel like nakhra, the narcissism of an English-speaking middle class with time to spare and points to score.

Swagger Vs Sass

A glamorous show reignites the Delhi-Mumbai debate. Who wins?

The Lush Socialite

After her debut in Fabulous Lives Vs Bollywood Wives, Delhi's Shalini Passi-philanthropist, influencer, Bollywood celebrity and self-care divawho gives little boxes of herbal dust to her friends, is now in the mass eye. Fair or unfair, deal with her

Trump, Up And Charging

'Many countries are nervous about Donald Trump returning to power, but India is not one of them'

Post and Past the Oil in Azerbaijan

As the UN climate conference takes place in Baku, Azerbaijan traces the history of the hydrocarbon industry through the lens of postage stamps

Bhutto's Nehru Story

Nehru's principle of \"compromise and argument\" remains the only workable formula for South Asian leaders

Breathless on Bachchan

Cédric Dupire's documentary The Real Superstar is an irreverent, experimental archive of Amitabh Bachchan's life and his stardom

The Anaphora to Zeugma of the Queen's English

Shashi Tharoor's book is a logophile's candy shop, full of fun, surprises and insights

The Wind Knocked

THE wind knocked on the door. Hesitantly. Wanting to be let in. It had heard the murmuring of the flames. And knew that there was a fire. The wind sought shelter.

The Way Home

“We comfort ourselves by reliving memories of protection. Something closed must retain our memories, while leaving them their original value as images. Memories of the outside world will never have the same tonality as those of home and, by recalling these memories, we add to our store of dreams; we are never real historians, but always near poets, and our emotion is perhaps nothing but an expression of a poetry that was lost.”—Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space

The War Artist

Cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco is in search of the truths distorted by conventional narratives

Mining Adivasi Votes

If the BJP manages to win Jharkhand, it will be the third mineral-rich state after Odisha and Chhattisgarh that will fall into the party's kitty

Unequal Republic

Political parties make promises of equal represention to women, but patriarchy continues to dominate electoral democracy

The Baramati Parivar

The Pawars' family bastion since 1967 is now witnessing a second uncle-nephew fight

No Attention Zone

Malaria, malnutrition, mining...the Adivasis living in Gadchiroli face multiple issues, but they feel the government is not doing enough for them

The Age of Betrayal

Eknath Sambhaji Shinde's tenure as chief minister has been anything but smooth