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Inside Bengaluru's quiet recycling revolution

New Delhi, Nov. 30 -- It's 10am and Kumudha, whom everyone calls Kumudha Ma, is at the Dry Waste Collection Centre (DWCC) in the JP Nagar area of south Bengaluru, separating bundles of old clothes fro... Read More


Unfussy local bars make a comeback in Bengaluru

New Delhi, Nov. 30 -- The search for that perfect evening hangout, where the music is low and the vibe high, never ends. Speaking for Bengaluru, you'd think this would be easy-there seems to be a new ... Read More


Book review: In this modern Mumbai novel, millennial women navigate love and politics

New Delhi, Nov. 30 -- A man and a woman stand near the doors of a local train, waiting to get off. The woman is 40, the man in his late 20s. They are former colleagues from the newsroom of a mainstrea... Read More


Ads are coming to your AI chatbot-what this means for you

New Delhi, Nov. 8 -- The way we use the internet has changed completely since generative AI became mainstream. Where we would previously put a keyword-based query into a search box, we now seek more c... Read More


Walking through Bangkok's everyday theatres

New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- We eat century eggs standing in the alleyway next to a building that holds a warren of individual one-room homes-much like Mumbai's chawls, though these only occupy the ground flo... Read More


Are movie theaters losing their magic to dining distractions?

New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- As the lights dim and the trailers start rolling, you sink into your seat, in complete communion with the screen. It's a focus and a withdrawal rarely achieved in any other setti... Read More


The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF: Speculative fiction rooted, yet free

New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- In his preface to the The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF, the first volume of a planned series of speculative fiction anthologies by Westland Books, editor Gautam Bhatia admits ... Read More


Like matcha, nostalgia is an overused ingredient

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- Pan Pasand ice cream. Cadbury's Fruit & Nut granola bhel. Restaurants named, unironically, "Nostalgia XYZ" (insert name of a city people have escaped because it was unliveable).... Read More


Science Gallery Bengaluru's new show is all about finding the true weight of a single calorie

New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Food discourse has gotten out of hand. Protein bros name and shame people for their carb-laden plates, nutritionists talk about plant-based diets with cultish fervour, chefs can'... Read More