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Weekend Drive by Hormazd Sorabjee: When zen meets fury

India, Jan. 30 -- There's a certain Jekyll-and-Hyde streak to the Porsche Taycan Turbo, and it's something only an EV can pull off convincingly. One minute it's smoother than a big automatic Mercedes ... Read More


Spectator by Seema Goswami: Another paradise lost

India, Jan. 30 -- Regular readers of this column will be familiar with my love of Sunder Nursery - given how much I have rhapsodized about it over the years. It was my lifeline during the Covid years,... Read More


Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: One pot to rule them all

India, Jan. 30 -- Do you have a favourite one dish meal? If that term sounds a little confusing, let me explain. All over the West, 'one-pot meals' are the rage. The name sounds less interesting when ... Read More


Magic in the mehfil: The sparkling new sound of Sufi music

India, Jan. 30 -- When Vedi Sinha from The Aahvaan Project starts singing "Bhala hua meri matki phoot gayee/ Main to paneeyan bharan se chhoot gayee" (Thank God my pitcher broke; I'm finally free from... Read More


Let it go: How Indian tidying-up experts help with desi decluttering

India, Jan. 30 -- For as long as we've had things, we've had to organise them. Harappan pots? Stacked neatly, by the hearth. The end of Medieval winter? Cue spring cleaning in every town home. Messy m... Read More


Flow state: Let your curtains match your vibe

India, Jan. 30 -- We've bounced back from the lockdown era. But we're keeping the drapes. They're doing what they always do - block out the sun and dust. But for the younger generation, curtains are t... Read More


Mute point: Do we really need tech to chat with pets?

India, Jan. 30 -- Can AI translate meows, barks, and birdsong into English? It may be able to. Last year, Chinese company Baidu applied for a patent for a new AI-based technology that proposes to conv... Read More


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