New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Mary Beard has been popping up on social media feeds this past week saying she "cannot bear the phrase 'I love reading'." She contextualises it to explain that such frivolous line... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- When my niece first visited India once she could talk and walk, she discovered an entirely new family meal that wasn't known in America. "Is it snack time?" she'd enquire hopefu... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- For a few months earlier this year, I was entirely entranced by the viral "dogs choose their humans" videos, the ones where a group of people sit in a large room, waiting for sh... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- I have to say I find the image we used on the cover of the print issue of Mint Lounge this week (cover below), rather amusing. Not so long ago, those "analogue" items were the e... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- Traditional Indian methods of creating and making are often held up as an example of sustainable living, of circular practices, and of countering climate change. But we rarely th... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- In this age of hybrid work and unbroken connectivity, we can live anywhere, work elsewhere, direct events in a third place, and take a course that's at the other end of the world... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Late last year a friend took her pre-teen twin boys on a road trip to Goa, but their aim wasn't to see the beaches or the forts and churches. The boys are avid chess players and ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- One of the first films I watched soon after I finished college and started work-living alone in a new city as a reporter and with friends to take up every free moment-was Dil Cha... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- In the most recent of her popular Butterfly books, Between You, Me & the Four Walls, Moni Mohsin's Butterfly Khan observes, "Some Indians I've seen on Facebook are saying kay haw,... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- It's been a week since Gen Z firebrands ended their protest, but most of the country is still talking about them, their anger and irreverence, their creativity and their joy. Alon... Read More