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30 things to know before you turn 30: All about friendship

India, Sept. 4 -- Look out! Incoming friendship advice. Lots of it. Because friendship, like so much else, seems effortless when you're young, but becomes a complicated beast as you get older. What ha... Read More


Offbeat: How Indie musicians are staying legit and thriving in India

India, Sept. 4 -- It's a good time to be an indie musician. Spotify's Indie India playlist has just 75 songs, but it's been saved over 8,87,000 times. Last year, the majority of nominations at the IRA... Read More


Decor goals: Grandmacore, but make it 2025

India, Sept. 4 -- The backlash to minimalism has begun. Decor goals are going "more is more". And when young people mean more, they mean rummaging through grandpa and grandma's things - the stuff thei... Read More


Listicle: 10 friendships that were more epic than a love story

India, Aug. 29 -- The onetime besties reconnect in middle age. He is now a hipster brewery owner, stuck in man-child mode. She is a mom of three, who has lost her sense of self. Their dynamic is messy... Read More


Weekend Drive by Hormazd Sorabjee: Your space or mine?

India, Aug. 29 -- On Indian roads, sometimes you just need space. Lots of it. That's where the Citroen e-SpaceTourer comes in. The giant electric people-mover from France might soon find its way to In... Read More


Rude Travel by Vir Sanghvi: Old coast, new wave

India, Aug. 29 -- How bad is my face? Not great, apparently. I sat in Layan, in Thailand, staring at a high-tech machine with a doctor. The doctor took pictures of my face and the machine did the rest... Read More


Spectator by Seema Goswami: Please clear the air

India, Aug. 29 -- I have written earlier about how people seem to forget the rules of civilised behaviour while at the airport. It's almost as if the airport is a portal between two places, where anyt... Read More


Wind of change: How India is making gigs safer and smoother

India, Aug. 29 -- It's a balmy March night in Mumbai. Lollapalooza 2025 has just ended on a high note. Louis Tomlinson, Glass Animals and Hanumankind played to 60,000-odd attendees. Green Day closed t... Read More


All prose, no cons: These book groups will help you hit your reading goals

India, Aug. 29 -- Of course, you want to read more. Everybody does. It's the most virtuous habit of our time. Online, Bookstagrammers are doing 30-second reviews of exciting titles that just dropped. ... Read More


Spell check: Why online typos are cool, not cringe

India, Aug. 29 -- Are you OK? Or are you okay, okie, okiii, okai or kk? If you text, you already know that each of those responses mean vastly different things. You know, without taking a Coursera les... Read More