POLITICS: DISTORTING HISTORY AND SPREADING HATE

Textbooks are increasingly misrepresenting with deletions and distortions altering historical facts. This alarming trend, with targeted violenc...

FESTIVALS: ZAIKAK IN SEARCH OF THE BEST MAHARASHTRIAN THALI

“I think it would be impossible to search for the best Maharashtrian Thali in Pune because Thalis are culture or ‘sanskriti‘ ...

FESTIVALS: THE SUN SHINES ON SUNNY DA DHABA

We’re thrilled to start the column ‘Zaikak’ with Siddharth Kak, author, documentary filmmaker, presenter, food critic and wel...

POWERFUL PEOPLE: THE POET IMPRESSIONIST

On the occasion of the 58^th Jnanpith Award for Gulzar saab, Humra Quraishi revisits her friendship with him an...

FESTIVALS: KASHISH CHALCHITRA UTSAV CELEBRATES PRIDE MONTH

Chalchitra Utsav is being held in the city to celebrate pride month. It’s a 2-day Indian language LGBTQ+ film festival on January 27th &a...

पानइंडिया (PaanIndia!)

The history of Paan has mythological as well as historical and Ayurvedic references, writes Aparajita Krishna.

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COME SEPTEMBER: IT IS TIME TO REMEMBER TEACHERS

Come September, two significant days stand out. Teachers Day on 5th September and the World Alzheimer’s Day on 21^st September,...

BETTER ROSES FOR A WARMING WORLD AND OTHER GARDEN ADVENTURES

Manipur is burning and its despair all around. But here’s an extract from the book ‘Roses in the Fire of Spring’, which will ...

‘GOOD JOB NELIIMA!’

Aparajita Krishna has this power-packed conversation with Neliima Azeem - she calls her ‘a very consummate and individua...