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Are face masks safe for children?

The jury is still out on that

The long and short of it: Mini movies on OTT platforms

The short films streaming on different platforms cover every possible genre and are a pleasant foil to the noise of mega shows

HERE, THERE & ELSEWHERE Animal Chronicles II

Animal Chronicles II

“Come on!” says Rockette, in her growly husky voice. “Keep up!” She and I have been scurrying through the bushes along the sidewalk. “But I want to ...

BOOKS/INTERVIEW Benyamin: Flesh, bones and shadows

Benyamin: Flesh, bones and shadows

The author’s new novel — Body and Blood — has the tenor of a thriller, but remains at heart a rumination on god, faith and religion

IF ONLY A song for Mr Maverick

A song for Mr Maverick

A Kishore Kumar loyalist on stories that surround the artiste she wishes she’d interviewed

TUMMY TRAVELS Feel free in Christiania, a hippie heaven in Copenhagen

Feel free in Christiania, a hippie heaven in Copenhagen

Copenhagen’s hippie enclave is still the hub for all things unconventional — from DIY thingamajigs to cannabis blossom beer

YOURS SINCERELY Driving India home, and how!

Driving India home, and how!

Survival on the roads has a new rule book. An old-world driver gets a crash course

TREELOGY A thorn in the side

A thorn in the side

Emotional indifference is what the prickly cactus receives in a world where human survival is on top of the hierarchy

Quiz on famous performers in popular music

It’s Michael Jackson’s birth anniversary, and we’ve featured a quiz on some of the most well-known performers in popular music.Remember the time1 We ...

Saying ‘I do’ in a pandemic

The $50-billion big fat Indian wedding industry is now all lean and mean

BOOK/EXCERPT Queeristan: Opening up the boardroom

Parmesh Shahani’s new book tracks the small and big measures that help queer up the corporate workspace

An August list of podcasts

Podcasts are finally making more monies and shows. Here’s this month’s round-up of what to plug into

‘I felt I made an impact’: Major Suman Gawani

Meet Major Suman Gawani — the first Indian peacekeeper to receive the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award

Gone girls of rural Maharashtra

Farm distress and financial insecurities in a pandemic year have led to a rise in child marriages in the drought prone villages of Maharashtra

‘The situation teaches us more than schools we go to’: Pooja and GR Iranna

Artist-couple Pooja and GR Iranna on finding artistic interpretation in a pandemic

BOOKS/REVIEW The devadasi girl who went missing and turned into a statue

In Gitanjali Kolanad’s debut novel Girl Made of Gold, truth is presented as pieces of a puzzle that don’t make a whole

Green Humour

THE CRITICAL ISSUE Ilina Sen and Kalpana Mehta: Lives spent fighting

The feminist movement lost two stalwarts recently, and with them, the histories of battles waged for a cause

Red as a Byadgi chilli

This chilli from Karnataka unlocks childhood memories in a faraway Singapore kitchen

COVER STORY Is the race for a Covid-19 vaccine going a bit too fast?

Covid-19 is likely to see a vaccine produced in record time. Russia says it has already produced one, but other countries are not far behind

HERE, THERE & ELSEWHERE Animal chronicles

Residents of the building in which I live aren’t allowed to keep pets. So I can’t ask Rockette the raccoon to live with me. Not that she wants to.

BOOK REVIEW/MEMOIR Lahore in my heart: Fikr Taunsvi’s memoir is an incisive account of the Partition

‘The Sixth River’ weaves together the history of a deeply personal loss and a collective tragedy

IRRITABLE VOWEL SYNDROME Light up the words, sunshine

Seasons quietly influence the writer, as do cyclical disruptions

YOURS SINCERELY RIP, beloved ‘vacation’

A reader unburdens her emotional baggage as the word and its little joys disappear from our lexicon

DULL BITS CUT OUT The dancer and the village

A virtual tribute to Protima Bedi by Nrityagram evokes memories of a person who had given her self and more to this unique entity

Osmania Hospital waits for a lifeline

The loss of a century-old hospital will rob Hyderabad of an architectural jewel

UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY Cats, crows and the universe

A neighbourhood war between two non-human species provides a lens to our customised understanding of fellow inhabitants

Quiz on sporting trophies

On this day in 1851, the first America’s Cup was won by the yacht, America. This quiz is all about famous sporting trophies.Trophy run1 The Claret Jug ...