A story from an unruly margin. By Sritama Halder. Pictures by Arnab Ghosal. We discovered his masks in Sriniketan Magh mela, a fair like Poush mela only way smaller and cozier than the latter that attracts tourists from all over the
Karachi’s voices of art and dissent are rising above the suppression and lockdowns in the most unlikely little venue… Meghna Kundu reports. In a corner of Karachi, on the second floor of a very nondescript building a hub for progressive
Does artistic expression actually grow in response to attempts at stifling it? Deepa Bhasthi comments on the flourishing contemporary Pakistani literature. Is being without a name freedom? Is it the unsavory kind of freedom that allows others to make interpretations
Ananya Chanda pens her memorable jaunts through the country’s largest book market- College Street- and perhaps, the second largest in the world. The Boi Para- the colony of books, of India. Columns and columns of books, people sitting within these
In case of disaster, if we can save only some of the books we own, how we prioritise our collection and decide which books we must save and which we can risk losing reveal much about who we are… Annie
Much like our vanishing ability to process information in chunks longer than 140 characters, we seem also to be losing our ability to savour – or even undertake – walks that are longer than a few steps toward a specific,
Tired of the heavy duty exit polls and high decibel election debates? Get a Mathematician’s perspective on the election results! By Marcus du Sautoy. India has just completed the biggest voting event in the world. Over the last six weeks
On 22 March 2014, actor Sunny Leone and producer Ekta Kapoor appeared on Colors channel’s TRP topper, Comedy Nights with Kapil, to promote their latest film, Ragini MMS 2. The comedy show, modeled on the popular British show, The Kumars
You are free to dis-believe me, and I am not ready to take a ‘selfie’ only to prove that I am surrounded by yellow butterflies…but if you do believe me, then I can tell you, they have transparent yellow wings,
Penguin India’s willingness to accept the ban of Wendy Doniger’s book – in stark contrast to its past record of defending its books (and the freedom of expression they imply) against much bigger threats – has been criticized as an