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HOME SPUN Across the river

Across the river

The disappearance of a nala and the homecoming of an author

No. 1 hit singles

Singlehood is setting up camp not waiting, with bated breath, at an airport lounge

Dear Diary… Archie’s dead

Woe. What will happen to the love triangle once my freckle-faced hero is cold meat?

The one for me

Having an only child is not just okay, it’s often better

Right Click

The business of online coupling in India has grown big enough to create its own niches

Party time for interns

Students hone special managerial skills by interning with political parties in the heat and dust of electioneering

What single men want

A rare peek into male anxiety about the dating game

Power of one

This general election sees the highest number of singletons contesting for the main office

Hear, hear for Arati

The gender politics of Satyajit Ray’s Mahanagar is more relevant than ever before, and our politicians need to catch its re-release

Southern comfort food

At Poornima, office-goers grab a decent bite at prices that beat even roadside carts in Mumbai’s posh business district

MANJH KHAMAJ He who came first

Pandit Radhika Mohan Maitra needs to be acknowledged for creating an instrument that played like the sarod and had the tonal richness of a veena

Where have all the flowers gone?

Layering food memories and kitchen experiments with golden, syrupy ribbons of honey

The ring leader

In Saturn, we see an atom, the nebula, the entire universe

Silver lining

India is not a level playing field. Any sport but cricket involves pushing higher, harder, further

No bibi in Bibipur

Forced to be single, men in this village of Haryana band together as the Union of Unmarried Men and battle the scourge of female foeticide

Leaving alone on a jet plane

In the lopsided world of travel and tourism, singling out single travellers is a common industry practice

In-Faq

In keeping with the theme of the issue, a quiz about quick singles and solo performances. 1 Reinhold Messner’s probably the greatest climber alive ...

Alone but not lost

Single birds that end up far outside their normal geographic range, are often examples of migration gone wrong. But given enough time, even they can fit into a community

Cornerstone

HARYANA KHAP DEMANDS VOTE FOR BUFFALOES!

Basanti’s eyes are like limpid pools. Through them you can see the gentle soul within. I can understand Gangu Ram’s affection for her as he stands ...