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Is 'Taste' a feast for the senses or an excess of indulgence?

New Delhi, May 24 -- If there were a Met Gala for books, Taste (conceptualised by journalist Lakshmi Chaudhry and published by Juggernaut) would have undoubtedly turned heads on the red carpet. Retail... Read More


Meet Taranjeet Singh Chhabra and Amar Preet Singh, the founders of Neeman's shoes

New Delhi, May 23 -- If you are looking for a eureka moment when Taranjeet Singh Chhabra and Amar Preet Singh decided to start their footwear venture Neeman's, you may be disappointed. The idea behind... Read More


Rediscovering Satyajit Ray through Nemai Ghosh's rarely seen colour photos

New Delhi, May 23 -- Satyajit Ray jokingly described Nemai Ghosh as "the bug" on his windowsill. Since 1968, when the duo first met, Ghosh was Ray's unofficial photographer until the director's death ... Read More


Why protecting bees is essential for keeping human beings alive

New Delhi, May 16 -- On an unusually mild May morning, Sunder Nursery in Delhi's Nizamuddin Basti area is all abuzz. Quite literally. Behind the stone wall marking the end of the territory accessible ... Read More


How revelry, grief and care come together in the 'Amsterdam of Tamil Nadu' every year

New Delhi, May 9 -- In 2018, photographer and documentary filmmaker Shino Cherian decided, on an impulse, to attend the Koovagam festival in Tamil Nadu, which spans 18 days of the month of Chithirai (... Read More


Soumya Sankar Bose's new work reflects on memories and moments from the end of life

New Delhi, May 3 -- Soumya Sankar Bose's new show We Need to Talk In Whispers at Experimenter, Ballygunge, in Kolkata is inspired by a journal he found on an overnight train journey from Howrah to Kor... Read More


Four angry young women of Bengal speak out in Kabita Singha's debut novel

New Delhi, May 3 -- Four angry women, in Bengali writer Kabita Singha's eponymous novel, decide to go "out flying for a whole day" one winter in Calcutta (now Kolkata), most likely in the 1950s. Suman... Read More


How J.G. Ballard's terrifying, prophetic vision of overheating cities and climate change is coming true

New Delhi, May 3 -- On 27 April, when weather-monitoring platform AQI reported that 97 of the world's hottest cities are in India, it felt like a ringing validation of the way I have been feeling sinc... Read More


Author Shelby Van Pelt speaks about her 'octopus book' and forthcoming Netflix movie, 'Remarkably Bright Creatures'

New Delhi, May 1 -- In 2013, Shelby Van Pelt, a former financial consultant, took a writing class at Emory University, Atlanta , where one of her assignments involved composing a story from an unusual... Read More


'AI is actually more aligned with the builder mentality that has always existed in India': Aneesh Raman of LinkedIn

New Delhi, April 27 -- Early on in their new book, Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI, authors Ryan Roslansky and Aneesh Raman, EVP of LinkedIn and Microsoft Office and chief economic opp... Read More