Multiplex Cinema: Being Middlebrowbeaten
What the new multiplex cinema says about the modern India
London Fire and Leadership
Britain feels the absence of a leader at the worst of its time--when it needs answers and authority
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Letter from a Cheerless London Summer
Britain between a redundant Brexit mom and a comic strip socialist
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A Beautiful Mind
We may never have noticed, but John von Neumann has affected our everyday lives in many more ways than Freud
It’s All about Us
The total solar eclipse is possible because the Sun and the Moon are almost the same size in the sky. Is it
The Next Gorbachev?
There’s something tragic about Buddhadeb having to preside over the decline of the Left in West Bengal
Why the Umbrella Does Not Evolve
The umbrella, with its two conflicting properties—obsolete and enduring—has an important question for us. Why
Something’s Lurking in the Dark
The doorbell went berserk after midnight at Manmathababu’s apartment, but whenever they looked through the
Seeing through Maths
Equations that claimed to predict human behaviour are blamed for Wall Street’s destruction. Increasingly, it
Striking Early Boundaries
Cricket, growing up, was cricket alright—plain and simple. Am not so sure now
My Desert Island Flix
Five films that will make you wish your rescue team doesn’t arrive too soon. Or, at all
GM: The Rogue Diet
As GM files for bankruptcy, a tribute to a great hoax called the General Motors Diet which among many things
Know Your South
Karunanidhi’s harassment of the Congress is a reminder to North Indians that it is time they learn more about
What the Left has Lost
The Communists have come in for opprobrium, not because of the middle class’ aspirations, but because they
Art of Living Politically Well
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is the latest phenomenon in Indian politics. His brand of spirituality doesn’t cater to
Memories of a Movement
A generation of middle-class boys who grew up in Madras learnt something curious from the Sri Lankan refugees
On the Other Foot
Chidambaram forgave Jarnail Singh, we hear. But who is it that should be asking for forgiveness?
The Second World War as India's Other Freedom Struggle
India as the pivot of Asia’s security: Going to war with Srinath Raghavan