Safe: In a Cloak-and-Dagger World

It’s all true and believable until you divert your attention away for a while; then all the ugly secrets ...

The Perils of the Use and Abuse of Social Media

Humans, by nature, have loved to communicate and share stories and views since the beginning of time. Who would...

Street Art ‘Beyond the Streets’

Did you ever wonder how street art originated? While street art is evolving every day, most people still think ...

Moving away from Concrete Jungles to Vertical Forests

The rising heat, melting polar caps, global warming and greenhouse effect are just a few of the grave dangers o...

Love lost in Yesteryear’s Prem Nagar

Prem Nagar – a lovers’ lane – has gone under. That one spot shielded from voyeuristic eyes by...

No Country For Ghettos

The horrors of racism just never cease. A few days ago, a 22-year-old black man was shot to death in his own backyard, when cops supposedly mistook his cell phone for a gun...

Picture Books and Coming-of-age Stories

As research on transgender and gender nonconforming children and youth becomes increasingly prevalent in litera...

Jay-walking In London

Khurrum Rahman’s excellent debut novel, East Of HounslowRead More

Prayers bring Hindu and Muslim communities together

"Bengal’s Durga Puja is a social festival first and a religious festival later" - Suddhabrata Deb

“Right from the puja mela (fair) to being res...