Muscular in the middle
Michiel Baas’s book that looks at the social settings and aspirational trajectories of India’s new…
Anand Vardhan
Flickering lamp to chandelier
It was a measure of Pranab Mukherjee’s longevity and influence in Delhi’s power corridors that…
Toxic culture is universal
The tendency to identify ‘toxic families’ and locate them in a region is rooted in…
Folk songs fuel anti-Rhea storm
The depiction of Bengali women as evil temptresses goes back to colonial times, when migrant…
Dealmaker passes on
Amar Singh was a resourceful backroom operator, but it was no substitute for his lack…
Working 9 to 5 is also good
Films will have you believe that the ‘free spirits’ are the true heroes. But not…
Victims of Nature’s fury
Why lightning strikes are a bigger fear than Covid in Bihar Under the glow of…
Bihari turned Kashmiri
Meet Navin Choudhary, the bureaucrat from Bihar who has become J&K’s first non-local domicile After…
The clock stops
It’s the end of TikTok life in Bihar. What’s next? In December 2006, Time magazine declared “You” as the…