Gehraiyan – Yes or No?!

Monojit Lahiri investigates how deep is deep in extra-marital journeys, in reel and real life.

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Widening the Definition of Literature with Bob Dylan

The word ‘literature’ in a dictionary covers many genres of achievement and is the generic name for many sins, writes Farrukh Dhondy. Neverthel...

How civilized is the civilized world?

Vinta Nanda insists that we, the so-called civilized people, talk about poverty, violence and exclusion.

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The Gifted - A gripping series that effortlessly sculpts its own niche in a disruptive TV Landscape

Having psionic abilities or alter ego are not just cool but meh have they also become commonplace in fiction? Sure they have, but we haven&r...

Dazzling Debut

When Fiona Mozley’s debut novel Elmet made it to the Man Booker Awards shortlist this year, alongside writers like Paul Auster and Ali Smith, ...

Environmentalism Used To Be About Defending The Wild, Not Anymore

We’re domesticating areas instead of protecting them. Living without technology I’ve found my place in the natural world – and this path could be our salv...

Quinoa Could Solve The World's Looming Food Shortage, Say Scientists Who Cracked The Plant's Gene Code

It has become a byword for metropolitan, health-conscious dining, but new research suggests quinoa could be destined for a far more important future. Scientists believe the...

A New Google Project Is Unearthing The Untold Stories Of India’s Female Pioneers

Think back to your high school history class. How many women did you learn about?
Whether you studied the Indus Valley civilisation or Soviet Russia, the age of empire...

A Cry From The Mountains, With Echoes In The Cities

The story of Hindi poet Mangalesh Dabral, who was born in Tehri Garhwal in 1948 but for most of his career as a journalist lived and worked in Delhi, is the story of Uttara...