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Podcast: Indian Weddings, New Year's Resolutions & School Reunions
Indian weddings, Indian uncles Who's the most important person at an Indian wedding? The bride? The groom? The parents? None of them. It's the uncle, the self-appointed head of all things...
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The Unmaking Of America: What Tarantino And Salinger Have In Common
In the 1960s, J.D. Salinger was the darling of the American literature world. In him, they had found their indigenous, homespun giant with an authentic "American voice". He was loved and hated, his...
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Why The Dera Can't Take A Joke
At the moment, it's very easy to demonise the members of Dera Sacha Sauda. Devotees take umbrage over a comedian's mimicking of their guru, invoke Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code and move the...
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Why We Need To Hold The Praise For Pakistan's 'Arrest' Of Masood Azhar
There are some warm feelings for Pakistan in India these days, following our neighbour's arrest of Maulana Masood Azhar and 12 other suspects. in the Pathankot terror attack. Everyone in India seems to...
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Martin Luther King: Changing The World With Love
Martin Luther King, Jr. needs no introduction. On the third Monday of January, Martin Luther King Day is observed to mark his birthday and to celebrate his legacy, which continues to establish and...
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Startup India: A State By State Review
By: Chanda Jain According to a new World Bank report, India ranks 130 (out of 189 countries) in overall "ease of doing business". Opening a business in India is much harder than any other of its BRIC...
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Why Field Researchers Are Just Like Roaming Mendicants [Part 1]
It is standard practice among aspiring writers to begin their essays with a quote from a famous person. I am no exception. The famous person who I shall quote in this essay is Winston Churchill. This...
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Life In 22 Yards
It was a particularly difficult cricket match in 1992. A hostile opposition with top-class fast bowlers in their team, technically sound batsmen and a very good coach. A romantic episode gone awry had...
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Post Pathankot, India Must Challenge The Narrative Of Nuclear Deterrence
For some time now, the Indian media has been abuzz with debates and ad hominem attacks over the Modi government's "intolerance". However, the government's reaction over the still fresh Pathankot Air...
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'Don't Smile At The Auto-Wala'
Travel guides, to my knowledge, don't come with instructions on how to deal with men in a particular country. And to my knowledge, that's a good thing. However, a few weeks ago in Bangalore, I could...
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Why Marketing Videos Are Key to Engaging Millennials
Buzzzzzzz. It's time for marketers everywhere to wake up and smell the coffee... errr... Cappuccino. If you think the generation currently with the most spending power is going to stop texting long...
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OP Jaisha's Gunning For Olympics Gold, But Many Hurdles Face The Track Star
The village girl who broke a national record In the year 2000, the small town of Kalpetta, in north Kerala's Wayanad district, held a sports festival. One girl ran the 800-metre race barefoot and with...
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Look Who Dropped Out Of This Book - Do You Know Them?
Books are windows to the world and beyond. Nothing new, we all know that. But books sometimes hold surprises other than the plot twists. At times, they open doorways into lives of other readers. A...
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Comrade Rohith Vemula Was Not A Coward. He Was The Bravest Man I Knew
Comrade Rohith Vemula Chakrawarthy committed suicide. He hanged himself using a blue-coloured banner of the organisation he was working in -- the Ambedkar Students Association (ASA). It had a picture...
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19-Century Anarchists, Western Capitalism, And The Paris Attacks
On 12th February 1894, Parisians awoke to newspapers overflowing with rage. A few hours earlier, a bomb had been thrown into a café packed with people enjoying an evening of light orchestral music. One...
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10 Technology Trends That Will Change The World In 2016
If you thought 2015 was the "age of disruption", you are in for a roller-coaster ride in 2016. With ground-breaking innovations across big data, cloud computing and the Internet-of-things (IoT), get...
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A 3-Step Formula To Capture A Seat On The Delhi Metro
On January 15, Phase 1 of Mr. Kejriwal's odd-even scheme in Delhi came to an end. Much like the first half of a Barjatya movie, it went by sunnily - full of enthusiasm and happily compliant people. For...
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4 Reasons To Eat More Oats
Avena sativa, commonly known as oats, is a species of cereal grain widely known to be a health food loaded with nutritious properties and the ability to lower the harmful effects of cholesterol. Oats...
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Book Excerpt: The Lost Generation
A Haridwar pandit who maintains genealogical records of families for centuries; a professional mourner who has mastered the art of fake tears; a letter writer who overlooks the lies that a sex worker...
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How To Martyr Yourself To Fashion
Once you start writing for pleasure, you get into the awful habit of observing people around you. You note down their peculiarities, eavesdrop on their conversations and get a glimpse of their exciting...
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