Sister Gertrude, the only surviving member of the original group to join Mother Teresa, recalls early days when they would beg each day for the poor, but struggle to feed themselves, surviving solely on the strength of prayer.
Three years short of being 100, Homai Vyarawalla believes that spontaneity is the key to life. This is what motivated her to become India’s first woman photojournalist and do much more.
In an unexpected twist, this enthusiast saw his rafting trip on the Zanskar turn into a struggle for survival against floods and landslides. Passing by wreckage of the weather, he realised the violent river was the only way to safety.
In the midst of the Afghan war, Indians have been conserving pre-Islamic art, Buddhist monuments and Mughal gardens, even tracing links back to the Bronze Age.
Decades after we banished LPs, collectors and newbies confess that vinyl is spinning its way back into their lives as audio-grade discs re-mastered to sound better.
A dialogue between photographs and poetry that explores everyday details of queer life in Bangalore—of stories told, deception, misplaced love, lust and loneliness.
An Old Delhi neighbourhood full of highly skilled craftspeople struggles to survive, to keep some fragment of its poetry in a city whose priorities are far more prosaic.
Decades after we banished LPs, collectors and newbies confess that vinyl is spinning its way back into their lives as audio-grade discs re-mastered to sound better.
The mythical mathematician is a troubled but brilliant mind focused on truths that lie beyond the horizon. This may not be the entire truth, but then what is?
Senior Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, presently under arrest inside Tihar jail, writes about how mining giants are making obscene amounts of money at the cost of the poor.
Rahul Gandhi wants to radically transform a party that had grown much too distant from ordinary citizens. He expects to have 20 million new recruits, but wants more.
The mythical mathematician is a troubled but brilliant mind focused on truths that lie beyond the horizon. This may not be the entire truth, but then what is?
The first journalist to expose match fixing in international cricket pieces together the intricate details of how the sting on the Pakistani cricket team was crafted.
Some are famous, some are not. You may agree with the list, you may not. But these are in our view the most imaginative men and women in the country. In no particular order.
Come October, Delhi will host an event that is likely to have athletes, officials and spectators hopping beds. There is an entire sex industry gearing up.
Why it is easier for a religious person to be immoral
6The mythical mathematician is a troubled but brilliant mind focused on truths that lie beyond the horizon. This may not be the entire truth, but then what is?
3The first journalist to expose match fixing in international cricket pieces together the intricate details of how the sting on the Pakistani cricket team was crafted.
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