Rocking on

Parikrama’s Subir Malik is still hung up on classic rock-n-roll. When not performing, he promotes other artists to keep the music scene buzzing Classic memorabilia on the wall. A fancy collection of alcohol arraigned on an old mahogany table. Wall hanging of a handwritten song by Jim Morrison. This is what welcomes visitors to the […]

No entry!

The arbitrary application of visa rules in India raises questions on exactly who is being filtered It was a smooth journey from Adelaide to Bangalore on July 31. Apart from some confusion at check-in over how to process the details of my once-used, multiple-entry tourist visa to India, my transit in Singapore was tranquil and […]

Sailing against the tide

Yachts have been Varsha Gautham’s vessel of choice since she was six. Now she’s in the team trying to bring laurels for India from Jakarta Unlike most other millennials, Varsha Gautham, possibly unbeknownst to herself, had already begun following her dream at the age of six. Soon after she moved to Chennai from Coimbatore with […]

With the Devil’s Advocate

Karan Thapar interviews himself after being inundated with interview requests, since his book gained media attention Ever since the extracts from my book began to appear in various media outlets, I have been inundated with hundreds of requests for interviews. While I have acquiesced to participate in some of them, I have found all of […]

A fluid road to life

Anumitra’s tailormade mode of transport that evolved after eight months of tinkering is a reflection of her own life and a certain ambiguity Anumitra Ghosh Dastidar is in her early thirties and her approach to life is an open arm embrace. She leads a fairly radical life of nonconformity and believes in ‘live and let […]

Class act

A taxi driver from Kolkata, an illiterate man with little means, finds it in himself to dedicate his life to building schools for the underprivileged When Jalauddin Gazi first arrived in Kolkata from the Sunderbans, at age seven, nobody expected him to turn to social work as a hobby. Jalaluddin is now 70 and his […]

A fighter for justice

Assam’s first transgender judge, Swati Bidhan Baruah, talks about tokenism against the trans community and issues within the judicial system Swati Bidhan Baruah, 26, made headlines recently for being appointed as India’s third and Assam’s first transgender judge. Hailing from the state’s strong LGBTQ community, she will be one among 20-member judges to mediate pre-litigation […]

ON AN EXPERIENTIAL BINGE

A young European man residing in Delhi expects us to be non-judgemental about the choices he makes. His quest unto self involves making others happy He best one-word description for John (name changed on request) is drifter. An English-speaking European in his late twenties, John works for a private organisation, and has been living in […]