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Artist SG Vasudev: Retelling stories with collages

Octogenarian artist Vasudev sought to overcome pandemic-induced isolation with a series of experimental collages

street, eat, repeat Peachy idea: Cooking with fruit

Peachy idea: Cooking with fruit

An enterprising friend presents a fruit-based lunch and sets off culinary experiments for a lifetime

Chaitanya Tamhane's film on classical music's guru-shishya tradition hits the right notes

Chaitanya Tamhane does a tough balancing act in ‘The Disciple’ — allowing the audience to form its own conclusions

AUTEUR PERSPECTIVE Ray and I

Ray and I

On his 100th birth anniversary, a diehard fan and translator of Satyajit Ray’s stories recalls the man and his work

Lego Joy

My sister in Connecticut has two grands. For the purpose of this column, I shall call them D1 and D2. I’m not sure why I persist in this ...

in-faq Quiz on famous buildings and monuments

Quiz on famous buildings and monuments

Not just another brick in the wallOn this day in 1931, President Herbert Hoover dedicated the Empire State Building, then the tallest building in the ...

DULL BITS CUT OUT The elephant in the room

The elephant in the room

Theatre artists on why they decided to go solo

pandemic and infants When small is big

When small is big

Babies and toddlers are among those testing positive for Covid-19 in its second wave

HABITAT CONSERVATION Knock on woods

Knock on woods

Ecologist Sunil Harsana on saving the Mangar Bani, a 250-hectare forest next to a concrete jungle

FOOD AROUND THE WORLD Armenia on a platter

An exotic pastiche of sorts, Armenia’s food is a subtly-influenced cuisine that retains a flavour of its own

HOOP LOOP Hoop in a loop

Hemmed in by the pandemic, many have turned hoop work into a lucrative art form

LOCKDOWN THOUGHTS Why can’t biscuits be biscuits and tea be tea?

A lockdown victim ponders over some imponderables

HERE, THERE AND ELSEWHERE Resident alienation

It’s been ten months since I left my private little bunker in Elsewhere — but today, I’m in my sister’s beautiful home in Connecticut. Listening to ...

In-Faq A quiz on the Master Blaster

It’s Sachin Tendulkar’s 49th birthday — a perfect occasion for a quiz on India’s cricket sensation

STATES OF MATTER The great game

How does India benefit from a partnership with the US after it pulls out of Afghanistan?

TALES OF SISTERHOOD To name is to know

Jeet Thayil’s latest work opens new doors for feminist revisionist Christian narratives in India

Cover Ground Zero Nandigram

The hemming in of Mamata Banerjee by the BJP in what was once a Trinamool stronghold sums up the story of West Bengal elections

Travel Once upon a time, in Munnar

A former resident relives sepia-tinted memories of growing up in a hilly, colonial tea range of the Western Ghats

House that?

Inside Narayan Chandra Sinha’s universe house, metal and nature’s footprints are churned into an organic whole

Calligraphy The lost art of handwriting

A 25-member team is on a mission to revive Urdu calligraphy

HERE, THERE AND ELSEWHERE Hyderabad connection

It starts with the lack of new email messages: A sudden silence from my personal world. It’s a mellow Saturday afternoon. I’ve met my week’s deadlines ...

The kindness of strangers

Love for food sparks an unusual friendship between a visitor and an auto driver in Hyderabad’s colourful lanes

UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY A lack of trust

Of an injured baby goat, young men on motorcycles and political tensions

In-Faq A quiz to spin around

It’s the birthday of Muttiah Muralitharan — the man who took a staggering 800 test wickets. What better way to celebrate the occasion than with a quiz on all things that spin?

IRRITABLE VOWEL SYNDROME The death of the author

An ode to writer and great-uncle Ved Mehta, and Ekarat, the friend who wrote and quit on his own terms

GENDER JUSTICE Caution: Women at work

In an age of falling female workforce participation, worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, policy makers and organisations need to rethink how to bridge the gender gap at workplaces

MUSIC CONCERTS It takes two to tango

Expect the unexpected when musicians of different traditions come together for a duet

LOCKDOWN FESTIVAL Sound of silence

On Ugadi, the Telugu New Year Day, a chronicler recalls slices of an isolated year gone by and realises that the more things change, the more they remain the same

BOOKS/REVIEW A queen’s gambit

In her novel based on the life of Rani Jindan Kaur, author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni crafts a hero for the modern-day reader

HERE, THERE & ELSEWHERE Hair-raising questions

My Chennai sister sent me a photograph of a young man whose hair looked as if it had exploded out of the top of his head. “What d’you think?” she ...

BOOKS/EXCERPT In the limelight

Actor Adil Hussain on theatre, communal amity and citizenship in a new book about Assam and its many identities

DEADLY GAMES Family plot

A domineering father, three resentful sons and a vile plan — director Dileesh Pothan, screenwriter Syam Pushkaran and actor Fahadh Faasil’s ‘Joji’ is a well-crafted thriller