BOOKS
Book review: Arundhati Roy's candid memoir, about her relationship with mother Mary Roy, is unputdownable
Arundhati Roy shot to international fame after becoming the first Indian citizen to win the Booker Prize for her novel, 'The God of Small Things'. Her memoir, 'Mother Mary Comes to Me', is a moving account of her relationship with her influential mother.
LIFESTYLE
How to display art beyond hanging it on a wall, and more questions answered at the 2025 Delhi Contemporary Art Week
At Delhi Contemporary Art Week, a look at contextual ways to display the art pieces in your collection, an engagement with the materiality and ideas in contemporary sculpture, and an experience of how art itself can respond to its environment and reference its own source.
TRAVEL
Best place you likely haven’t seen in Mumbai: Orchidarium in Borivali and the historic Kanheri Caves
Accessible by Mumbai Metro, the Sanjay Gandhi National Park orchidarium and Kanheri Caves trek offer up a greener, quieter, historic side of the maximum city.
BOOKS
Bestselling author Samantha Shannon: 'Twitter drove me to a dark place over the decade I was there'
Oxford University graduate Samantha Shannon on the latest book in her bestselling fantasy series 'The Bone Season', using social media, and the 'author preferred' version of her dystopian and fantasy novels.
LIFESTYLE
What Malaika Arora drinks when she's at her Juhu restaurant: No-fuss infused waters and cold-pressed juices for immunity, healthy hair
What to drink if you're not drinking alcohol on a night out with friends? We visited the Hydration Bar at Scarlett House, Juhu, Mumbai, to see if the infused waters and cold press juice options on offer here hold water.
LIFESTYLE
Is audience engagement key in Carnatic music? RaGa sisters Ranjani Gayatri explain why it's the future of Indian Classical
Carnatic vocalists Ranjani and Gayatri on how there's a constant manthan in the Indian Classical space, and why you don't need to know the language or be immersed in the culture to appreciate the music.
LIFESTYLE
Rujuta Diwekar: 'Home-cooking is the OG form of self-love and self-care'
Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar on her first book of recipes, the concept of Mitahara, mainstreaming forgotten foods, what to eat during monsoons, and her recipe for making goda masala at home.
LIFESTYLE
A Drag musical in the Capital: 5 Delhi Drag queens explain the why and how
Delhi events: ‘Superqueens’ at The Piano Man follows the life of five real-life Drag queens with stories to tell about why they Drag and what it takes. A second show of the musical is scheduled for Sunday, July 13.
ENTERTAINMENT
Ishwak Singh starrer Mitti: Ek Nayi Pehchaan pays homage to India’s agri-tech ventures
In its end-roll, Mitti: Ek Nayi Pehchaan mentions seven agritech ventures led by well-educated and well-funded entrepreneurs who have made it their business to generate employment and make a living off farming in Indian villages. It's early days in the shift from Indian cities to villages yet.
LIFESTYLE
How readers—and writers—are finding their book tribe
Book clubs, communities and events have persisted in the 21st century—albeit in different formats, and sometimes with the help of richer media that makes it possible to connect more deeply and quickly with favourite authors and fellow fans.
ENTERTAINMENT
BBC Studios' 'The Traitors' has made a killer transition from party game to reality TV. Things to consider as episodes 7 to 9 drop on OTT
In 'The Traitors India', feelings of betrayal, backstabbing, backsliding, backbiting, back talk and the just plain bickering bubble over often, but there's also celebration when the game is played well.
LIFESTYLE
How to make cold chocolate shake: 4% milk fat, 30% cacao butter content & some chocolate hacks
There are many excellent hot chocolate recipes out there. But what to do if you want a cold but indulgent chocolate shake for the hot and humid months? Tips and tricks to make cold chocolate shakes, including protein chocolate shakes with sugar alternatives like Stevia and Monk Fruit powder.
BOOKS
Yale history professor David C Engerman: Development economics was a Global South project
Professor David C Engerman on interviewing and writing about 6 famous South Asians who gave the world development economics.
BOOKS
Vikram Sampath on how to train AI to translate idioms like 'Bhains ke aage been bajana'
NAAV.AI cofounder and author of 10 books Vikram Sampath on training agentic AI for translating books into Indian regional languages, and what the speed and ease of translating with AI could mean for content across Indian languages.
BUSINESS
Freshworks founder Girish Mathrubootham on going 'All In': IIT-IIM and big-city background not crucial to start-up success
Freshworks founder Girish Mathrubootham on riding the AI wave, his 2025 memoir All In, how he prefers sharing anecdotes to giving 'gyan', and his love of chess, cars and watches.
LIFESTYLE
What you can't see on Maps: Revisiting an 1,850-km historic route to gold fields in Australia
The theme for Australia's National Reconciliation Week - from May 27 to June 3 - this year is Bridging Now to Next. The Australian High Commission in India is observing it with a show around indigenous Australian art.
LIFESTYLE
‘Exotica to be collected’: Indian plants in East India Company paintings, and a rare plant that fanned Europe's orchid-mania
An ongoing art show at DAG Delhi and a new book by Trinity College literature professor Sarah Bilston revisit two ways in which the British sought to collect plants as well as knowledge about plants from colonized countries.
BOOKS
Isabel Allende: 'The theme of refugees is in the air, in the news, in the collective consciousness. It cannot be ignored'
Novelist Isabel Allende on being 'eternally displaced', and why 1891 is a big year in her latest novel 'My Name is Emilia del Valle'.
BOOKS
The Goat Life author Benyamin: Jesus turning water into wine 'was a social transformation event'
Benyamin on why he thinks 'The Second Book of Prophets' is unlike anything he's written before, and translator Ministhy S. on why she had to read other books before taking up the Malayalam to English translation of Benyamin's latest novel.
LIFESTYLE
Dreams, sex and living with art: Yesteryears actor and Lok Sabha MP Shatrughan Sinha's sons Luv, Kussh among 20 artists in 'Art of Confluence' show in Mumbai
6 artworks on show in 'The Art of Confluence' exhibition of digital art as well as traditional media, in south Mumbai. Exhibition on till Sunday, May 26.
LIFESTYLE
World Whisky Day 2025: How Indian whisky gets its flavour, and is it spicier than imported whiskies?
On World Whisky Day (May 17, 2025), we asked master distillers, distillery owners, and industry experts to explain how Indian whiskys get their distinct flavour and colour.
LIFESTYLE
Sari with kimono blouse and experimenting with different drapes: designer Ashdeen Lilaowala on how Gen Z is wearing the traditional garment
National Institute of Design Ahmedabad-graduate Ashdeen Lilaowala on the history of Parsi Gara, his new collection of printed saris, how Gen Z is wearing and styling the sari and how there's no dearth of talent when it comes to embroidery in India.
LIFESTYLE
Gulammohammed Sheikh retrospective at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art: People, places, histories
Gulammohammed Sheikh retrospective at KNMA Delhi may not be linear, but it captures six decades of the key Indian artist's thought and work across media.
OTT
After Panchayat, Gram Chikitsalaya explores merits, challenges of city-trained professionals working in Indian villages
Gram Chikitsalaya on Amazon Prime Video is not always entertaining, but it is worth a watch as a rousing story about a young government official who wants to make things right.
