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Hemmed in: Is all Indian handloom luxe now?

India, Feb. 5 -- Pritha Dasmahapatra (@TipTopped on the gram), is a doctor in London. But in her superhero avatar, she's a champion of Indian crafts. She's used her vacation time to tour India and doc... Read More


Drawing Room: Why Pinaki Ranjan Mohanty loves Jagannath Panda's art

India, Feb. 5 -- To understand Jagannath Panda's work, perhaps it's best to use one of his own lines: "The past refuses to end, and the future keeps arriving early." Panda has been creating mixed-medi... Read More


Spectator by Seema Goswami: Surprise bae with these anti-Valentine gifts

India, Feb. 5 -- It's a fortnight to Valentine's Day as I sit down to write this. And my inbox is already inundated with messages about special V Day dinners, discounts on designer stores, offers to b... Read More


Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Not all mutton is equal

India, Feb. 5 -- My wife is not a vegetarian. She loves a good meat biryani as much as I do. Give her a kakori kabab, and while the high fat content may vanquish her after the second kabab, she will s... Read More


What happens when a geek walks into a bar?

India, Feb. 5 -- You expect a lot of things when you enter a bar. Drinks with names you can't understand. Tipsy friends who are two shots away from deciding to start a podcast. Soggy fries. People ser... Read More


Off track: Is all this fitness data actually helping?

India, Feb. 5 -- Calories burned, steps taken, minutes of deep sleep, inches lost. A good workout means closing the ring on your watch. Dinner comes with a data trail too. How small is the average rot... Read More


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