Reconnected with old friends over food but oh, did I miss Instagram! Life is richest when lived in both realms — the tangible and the digital

"The explorer in him never stopped at any milestone. He was always experimenting with his art, constantly exploring new mediums and forms. I remember one day he came to me with a terracotta sculpture of desi Ayurvedic bottles that his father used to keep at his bedside in his old age. I found it highly original and fascinating, and he immediately gifted it to me."

Photo-artist Dayanita Singh on the intersection of physical worlds in her architecture photography, her interactions with Mona Ahmed, how her mother Nony Singh and tabla maestro Zakir Hussain influenced her work and the future of photography.

Inside us, however—inside, in the deepest sanctum of our being, in the home of our soul—there is something unshakeable. Something constant.

A plethora of details, mostly about the companies Ratan led or was associated with, blot out the man himself. The book, however, has the merit of putting in one place a large amount of information, which while old hat for many in the corporate world, would certainly interest the general reader

Who am I? What am I — beyond a woman, beyond a Muslim last name? That is the question the protagonist, Sophia, wants to answer. But a world set against the MeToo movement, CAA protests and a global pandemic, a world that refuses to forego identity, corners her constantly

‘Our phones flash with images of hybrid beasts, chimeras that appear and then vanish as if they were never there...’

Mr Pullampulli is in love with his wife, but she can’t look away from her robot dog. Unfortunately, a brawl between humanity, technology, domestic strife and corporate capitalism might be the only solution

Birds are creatures of habit, and while they flit from branch to branch, you need to keep a keen eye to catch a glimpse of them

An invitation to a philosophy of life that refuses to hothouse children so that they fit the societal ruts of so-called success

Even as I break apart a flaking, crisp haath ki roti, mopping up the rich, velvety Bari Matar, in Delhi, I crave for a slice of New York pizza

India’s translation ecosystem is ready to help by moving to the next orbit. India’s first non-profit, open-access and crowd-sourced database of Indian translations is now searchable at www.bhashavaad.org.

Lucy Caldwell, Jonathan Escoffery and Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi are experimenting with the form and exploring subjects such as wealth, democracy and immigration

"It’s true that large language models illegally use authors’ works. It is our position that authors should have consent over whether or not their materials are used in these models," says Murray

My God lives in the eyes of the suffering, in the hands of the healers, in the hearts of the lovers

Here's why young Indians are choosing real friendships over fleeting romances

Christine Argillet, curator of the Pierre Argillet collection, on exhibiting Salvador Dali’s works in India and her memories of the surrealist artist

Kavan, an Ambedkarite opera that will premiere at Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai on February 8 and 9, is an exercise in testing democracy in a creative space

Sreeram Chaulia dedicates a chapter each to explain the evolution of India’s partnership with Japan, Australia, US, Russia, France, Israel and UAE

In his book, Shah examines how the AAP's rule presents a governance blueprint for capacity building and fiscal prudence

When crabs, snails, plants and birds come out to play

The passport defines the relationship between citizens and their government but it is also a chronicler of how far we have travelled and the evolution of our identities

The Kinnar Akhada at the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj is where the third sex finds acceptance and a collective spirituality, making it a platform for queer rights and a confluence of ideas

The imagery in the anthology is often sharp and grotesque. Thayil paints characters in ways that underscore their toxicity and need for survival in a flawed world.