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TUMMY TRAVELS Simply Neapolitan

Simply Neapolitan

In Naples, the birthplace of the pizza, fancy toppings and experiments with the dough don’t do the trick

on the shelf Not that many fish in the sea, actually

Not that many fish in the sea, actually

To read the work of Jacques Cousteau today is to be dumbstruck at the terrible extent of damage inflicted on marine life

Quiz on famous coaches

Gary Kirsten, the soft-spoken backroom boy from South Africa when India last won a Cricket World Cup, turns 52 on November 23. This week’s quiz looks ...

HERE, THERE & ELSEWHERE Learning mania

Learning mania

“What’s the matter?” Bins leans into my room with a worried frown on his face. “What’s that weird sound?” I glance up from my iPad. “No idea what ...

United colours of Jerusalem

How music and art come together to ease the city’s tense religious divisions

How did India become the most drug-resistant nation in the world and what is it doing to combat lethal mutating infections? From draft national medical policies to new pharma regulations and better primary diagnostics, on World Antibiotic Awareness Week, a roundup of the measures unleashed to battle this mass killer

The impeachment primer

All you need to know before you sit down to watch Donald Trump’s public hearings

STATES OF MATTER India’s original sin

The ghosts of the Partition have returned to haunt the politics of the republic

Modi 2.0: Prime Minister in a hurry

Six months into his second term, Narendra Modi has brushed aside legal and constitutional impediments to tackle two of the three contentious items on the Hindutva agenda

Forest of many-sided truths

A critique of development or a vessel for soft-Hindutva — a new graphic novel by Amruta Patil and Devdutt Pattanaik is as much about the reader’s gaze as the book

The keys to a guilt-free life: Good cook, good driver and good husband

Kaveree Bamzai’s handbook for modern women is not meant to be a self-help book, but is nevertheless brimming with advice

Humour podcasts: Daily dose of laughter

The antidote to mild annoyances — from a bout of flu to the dreaded Monday morning blues — is humour

JNU fee hike pushes security guard-turned-student over the edge

The proposed fee hike has piled the odds against Ramjal Meena, a security guard-turned-student who became a symbol of the institution’s inclusiveness

Boroline at 90: An evergreen saga

The Swadeshi movement, a Bengali businessman and a hand-held cream churner: That’s the story of “shurobhito antiseptic cream” Boroline, now 90

PAPERWALLAH The ‘un-mappable’ author

It might be immensely fulfilling for writers to revisit literary landscapes and themes. Some, however, find the safety of such familiarity uninspiring

Self, not selfie: The case for Advaita

On the occasion of World Philosophy Day, a toast to an ancient school of thought that sees the universe as one

At Ninasam, the world is a stage

Theatre is taught as an art form that defies definition at this centre

Sabarimala and 18 Shades of Black

Eighteen women from Kerala craft a fitting response to the misogyny apologists in a state divided by the Sabarimala temple entry issue

STREET, EAT, REPEAT Chunks of Colaba nostalgia

Stories of childhood in this neighbourhood in Mumbai centred on the watermelon juice from Edward the VIII

Cornerstone

‘I have put my pen down’

On lockdown for over 100 days, Kashmir’s plight has crippled its artistes — painters and poets, playwrights and cartoonists. Some are still in shock, while a few are finding solace in creative bursts

IRRITABLE VOWEL SYNDROME The tunnel vision of the white reader

As editors and publishers mollycoddle them, the white reader must ask herself why English writing from non-white writers must be ‘explained’ to her

Quiz on legal matters

On this day in 534 AD, Justinian I approved the final version of the Codex Justinianeus, the definitive Roman code of laws. This quiz is all about ...

Ibiza’s platter is full

A five-course food guide to Spain’s hip party island

At Guru Nanak's doorstep in Punjab

Vignettes from a trail that follows Guru Nanak’s journeys in Punjab

HERE, THERE & ELSEWHERE Little boys

On a sunny afternoon last week, I accompany my sister to watch her grandson practise basketball. He’s only six but already has the springing gait of a ...

Pakistan’s Hindu refugees queue to become Indians

Crossing the border from Pakistan, thousands of Hindu refugees hope to soon reach a destination called Indian citizenship. Along the way, they endure several years of hardship at transit camps

EXTRACT What did rockstar David Bowie read

A new book delves into the literary life of the rockstar — one that was richly peppered with Albert Camus, Angela Carter and Truman Capote among many others

the critical issue A song for poet-teacher Nabaneetadi

Remembering Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Bengal’s much-loved writer, poet, critic and teacher

Meet Manjamma Jogati: The first trans-president of the Karnataka Janapada Academy

From a runaway beggar to heading the state’s top institution for folk arts, Manjamma’s extraordinary life story is a part of the school syllabus today

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