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Drawing Room: Vinu VV's wooden sculptures showcase the trauma of casteism

India, July 10 -- Imagine a coconut tree. Now, imagine rows upon rows of human figures, painstakingly carved from wood and pinned onto the tree with long, sharp nails. Their bland expressions normalis... Read More


Spectator by Seema Goswami: Enjoy these monsoon reads

India, July 10 -- Over the past few years, I have always devoted two columns annually to books, compiling a list of summer and winter reads to share with all of you. This year, I decided to do somethi... Read More


Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: The new eating-out guide to old London

India, July 10 -- These days, I go to London relatively rarely, so I try and spend the few meals I have in the city at new restaurants just to get a sense of what's happening in the food scene. My tr... Read More


DIY alert: These 20 offline activities will keep you logged out

India, July 10 -- Bookbinding. For anyone with a serious book collection, this is the most satisfying upgrade. Tear the cover off a tired paperback, sew on your own cover. Or create a notebook from sc... Read More


Reply all: How to navigate the chaos of the group chat

India, July 10 -- Nobody knows the rules of the group chat. until someone breaks them. There's the friend who ghosts a conversation for three days and returns with a casual apology. There's the thumbs... Read More


Weekend Drive by Hormazd Sorabjee: Go an octave higher

India, July 3 -- Skoda's India story began with the Octavia. When it arrived in 2001, it redefined what a "premium" sedan could mean in India, giving the Czech brand an air of understated luxury. Acro... Read More


Spectator by Seema Goswami: Plan a nothing-cation

India, July 3 -- I have written in the past about how I am one of those people who likes to pack in the maximum amount possible in a holiday. Weeks before we leave I have a full itinerary sorted which... Read More


Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Why are we still anti-eggs in 2026?

India, July 3 -- Would you let your children eat food cooked by the Hare Krishna movement? (Or the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON, to give it the full title.) It may sound lik... Read More


Call me Aunty: Why older women are proud of the title

India, July 3 -- Let's revise. On the family tree, Aunty simply means a parent's female sibling. In south Asian culture, Aunty is how you'd respectfully address any older woman. Aunty, in African comm... Read More


Snap decisions: Your simplest guide to buying a vintage digicam

India, July 3 -- For the better part of the last decade, technology has been trying to save us from bad photos. Even a low-end phone camera now fixes dim lighting (even night shots) and askew horizons... Read More