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Drawing Room: Why Olympe Ramakrishna is a fan of Rithika Merchant's art

India, Jan. 23 -- What exactly is 'women's work'? Is femininity in art meant to play out only as 'delicate', 'intricate' and less visible labour? How does the Indian contemporary female identity find ... Read More


Spectator by Seema Goswami: Why Indian tourists are hated abroad

India, Jan. 23 -- I don't think it will come as a massive surprise to anyone that Indians travelling abroad are among the most disliked tourists throughout the world. Our unpopularity extends all the ... Read More


Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Wait, is this Kolkata?

India, Jan. 23 -- The great misconception about Kolkata is that it is a parochial Bengali town. That's much less true than it was when I lived in the city, and even way back in 1986, Kolkata's food wa... Read More


Trigger warning: Here are 20 of our most unhinged unpopular opinions

India, Jan. 23 -- Why is it that every time we go to the cinema, we're funnelled out the back door at the end? Always down some long flight of stairs, usually dank, dim, and slightly dirty. You walk i... Read More


Locked in: How to do sleek hair without looking chipku

India, Jan. 23 -- This time, the internet outragers have got it wrong. Yes, sleek, pulled back hair is trending. No, it's not the oiled braids from your school days, not a Colonialism Remix, not an ap... Read More


BFF or backup spouse? Here's why Marriage Pacts died out on screen

India, Jan. 23 -- Ah, old movie tropes! Cops would get into NYC taxis and yell, "Follow that car!". Dudes, giving CPR to total strangers would yell "Don't you die on me!" Young women had glamorous job... Read More


Weekend Drive by Hormazd Sorabjee: Zooming into 2026

India, Jan. 16 -- As we cruise into 2026, it's a good time to take stock of the best new models coming your way this year. As always, there's a wide choice but SUVs dominate. Here are five top models ... Read More


Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Modern, Indian, refit

India, Jan. 16 -- Put yourself in Manish Mehrotra's shoes. You are, by common consent, India's greatest chef. At a time when modern Indian food was mostly about the Frenchified presentation preferred ... Read More


Spectator by Seema Goswami: Live and lettuce live

India, Jan. 16 -- It is a truth universally acknowledged that January is the month when everyone begins to regret their excesses over the Christmas-New Year period. And as surely as night follows day,... Read More


Armed force: Shafali Verma on breaking records and stereotypes

India, Jan. 16 -- Sha-fa-li! Sha-fa-li! Sha-fa-li! Imagine being 21, the youngest member of the India team, stepping out to bat at the Women's World Cup cricket finals in Navi Mumbai in November last... Read More