Tiffin

Har Dayal: Three Years That Made a Difference

Har Dayal, a founding member of the Ghadar party, was an anarchist who moved between advocacy of revolution to pacificism, later advocating a utopian “world…
▶03-May-2023
Anuradha Kumar

The Return Of Doctor Fu-Manchu

Dr. Fu-Manchu is still around, determined to destroy western civilisation. The destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline is his latest fiendish act. But his…
▶18-Apr-2023
S. Unian Sambar

Ukraine Changed, As Did They: The Human Cost of War

Conversations with a handful of Ukrainian women from which this account is woven, throw light on the grim reality most ordinary Ukrainians have had to live…
▶28-Mar-2023
Rishabh Kachroo

A New Era for Women’s Cricket or a Poor Sequel?

The ongoing Women’s Premier League shows that creating a tournament with a high standard of competition has taken a backseat as gimmickry takes over cricket.…
▶22-Mar-2023
Priyansh

Of Speech and Song in the Shadow of Krishna

“Vrindavan devotee publics seem to have relegated desire and descended fully into the sadness of Radha.”
▶20-Feb-2023
Atreyee Majumder

Humans and Wildlife at the Forest's Edge

Questions of human-wildlife coexistence are invariably also questions of development. A spar between villagers and foresters over trapping a leopard outside a…
▶13-Feb-2023
Rekha Warrier

Hockey World Cup 2023: An Enthusiastic Novice at Bhubaneshwar

If you know little of hockey and you watch an international game with a group of spectators who know just as little, it is a special experience especially when…
▶24-Jan-2023
Kalyani Raghunathan

The Civil Servant’s New Bible: How to cook a DOSA

When the political times change, the civil servants learn to adapt. In the Old Testament the rule was to do nothing; in the new you learn to cook (not fry) a…
▶20-Dec-2022
Alok Sheel

The Indian Chess Spring and the Sagar Shah Phenomenon

A YouTube channel with more than a million followers is participating in the current surge in competitiveness of Indian chess. Chessbase India has a host,…
▶12-Dec-2022
Arvind Subramanian

Bulldog Drummond and Britain’s Hour of Peril

The (erstwhile) Empire is under threat and the old heroes are recruited once more to vanquish the enemy. Their bravery is not to be questioned but there is a…
▶23-Nov-2022
S. Unian Sambar

Play. Stop. Rewind. Record.

"We were, in many ways, coached into listening—casually, closely, intimately, itinerantly—by the cassette tape. It made sound available to us beyond…
▶02-Oct-2022
Usha Raman

Making a Living in Urban India: A Photo Essay

A photo essay on the struggles of Indians in cities and towns for existence and dignity as they negotiate their lives every day.
▶16-Sep-2022
Zaheer Baber