India, April 18 -- In India, many woke up last week and headed to news portals and to Instagram to see if the US had begun to "obliterate" Iran. There was a slim chance it had. Still, it was somethin... Read More
New Delhi, April 12 -- When I came of age in the late 2000s, the world was caught in the grips of a techno-utopian fever dream. The internet was going to usher us into a brave new future, one of full ... Read More
India, April 12 -- Since the first harsh notes rang out, the dominant story of punk has been a Western one. To most of us, this genre of music is distinctly White-coded: created and sustained by the W... Read More
India, April 10 -- Since the first harsh notes rang out, the dominant story of punk has been a Western one. To most of us, this genre of music is distinctly White-coded: created and sustained by the ... Read More
India, April 4 -- It's 11.45 pm on a Wednesday and four adults on two different continents are laughing into their headsets, because one has slipped off a cartoonish mountain. "Nooooo!" he calls out ... Read More
New Delhi, March 15 -- In January 2020, Nepali rapper Balendra Shah-better known simply as Balen-released Balidan, a scathing, no-holds-barred takedown of the Himalayan country's political elites. In ... Read More
New Delhi, March 8 -- In a New Delhi studio, flautist Ajay Prasanna finishes a take and turns to look through the control room window. On the other side of the glass, he sees Damon Albarn and Jamie He... Read More
New Delhi, March 2 -- Twenty years ago, J Dilla changed the sound of hip-hop. The Detroit producer's second solo album Donuts-released on his 32nd birthday, on 7 February 2006-is a masterclass in post... Read More
India, Feb. 22 -- In the early 2000s, as a cub reporter writing my first gig reviews, I worried all the time about getting the setlist wrong. I would stand in the front row, notebook in hand, jotting ... Read More
India, Feb. 20 -- In the early 2000s, as a cub reporter writing my first gig reviews, I worried all the time about getting the setlist wrong. I would stand in the front row, notebook in hand, jotting... Read More