Hip hop at 50: The best of Indian hip hop right now
Voice, verse and vernacular: Hip hop in India is booming and defined by these three cornerstones.
Credit card history: The first person to think of this financial instrument was a sci-fi writer
Buy now, pay later goes back to at least 1934, when American Airlines and the Air Transport Association issued the first Air Travel Card.
How novelists deal with the present
What strategies do fiction writers use when writing about contemporary affairs, and how effective are they?
Funnycontrol | Quarterly results and Bulla na jana unicorn
It’s quarterly results' season now, or as Indian share market uncles will tell you: “Dhando nu time”. A word to the wise retail investor...
Book review | 'Strange Burdens' delves into Rahul Gandhi's politics over 20 years
By general election 2024, Rahul Gandhi will have completed 20 years in Indian politics. In 'Strange Burdens', Homi Bhabha fellow and a Chevening scholar Sugata Srinivasaraju traces his ideas and evolution.
To flip or to fold: Things to consider before buying your next smartphone
Aside from the price difference, flip devices are outselling the book-type foldable smartphones for their compact form factor and selfie camera.
Mutton Pallipalayam in a Kongunadu restaurant, and more good food adventures of Zac O’Yeah
Zac O’ Yeah on his new book 'Digesting India', 'India's spicy hotspots where food comes in steamy hotpots', how to avoid 'gas tricks' and why beer and biryani are the most perfect combo.
Game review: Playing Venba will be the most wholesome hour of your day
The story of a recent immigrant to Canada, Venba is a simple point-and-click game that pulls at the heartstrings through a moving story rooted in Tamil culture and cuisine.
Booker Prize 2023 Longlist | Coping with loss through the game of squash
Chetna Maroo’s Western Lane, one of the shortest novels on the Booker Prize longlist, could also be the most affecting.
Friendship Day 2023: To finding your tribe
Friendship Day is celebrated each year on the first Sunday of August in India.
Hiroshima Day 2023 | Why Robert Oppenheimer turned to the Bhagvad Gita
After the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Oppenheimer quoted from the Bhagvad Gita: Now I am become death, he said. An excerpt from his biography, American Prometheus.
LOTR turns 69: Book nerds reveal which character is closest to their personality
Tolkieners shared what makes them similar to their favourite character, as the first instalment in the Lord of The Rings trilogy – The Fellowship of the Ring – turned 69 on July 29, 2023.
5 khichdis for monsoon, and restaurants that serve them in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Goa and Bangalore
Usually easy to make and digest, and flavourful as well as wholesome, khichdi can be the perfect meal for rainy days when you are craving something hot and comforting.
How to make homes cooler without cranking up the air conditioning
From reflective and ventilated roofs to external window shutters, awnings, ventilation chimneys and wind catchers, some natural ways to cool your home.
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room at the NMACC: An escape into the unknown
As one of the Japanese contemporary artist’s Infinity Mirror Rooms debuts in India, here’s a look at what makes them so popular around the world.
69 years of LOTR Book 1 | Why we're still reading The Hobbit and Fellowship of The Ring in 2023
86 years after The Hobbit was first published and 69 years since LOTR Book 1 came out, Tolkien is one of the highest selling authors of all time with over 600 million copies sold.
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi’s engrossing debut novel revolves around issues of translation and cultural appropriation
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi’s The Centre covers a lot of ground in showing how languages, cultures and attitudes feed on each other through a machinery of appropriation.
Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre brings Broadway musical ‘West Side Story’ to India
The show will begin on August 16 and run till August 27 at The Grand Theatre, a performing arts venue within the NMACC.
Quarterlife book review: A powerful first novel about millennials and politics
Quarterlife is that rare novel that dares to speak differently. The zeitgeist it depicts is one of anger and uncertainty but it’s also about hope, ambition, and an impulse to emerge on the right side of history.
10 best bang-for-your-buck phone cases
If you’re like most users and like to swap your cases or find the best deals on a smartphone case, this list is a good starting point.
National Mango Day 2023: What poets from Amir Khusro to Ghalib and Munawwar Rana wrote in praise of mangoes
July 22 is observed as National Mango Day. For eons, poets and emperors have written in praise of the summer fruit that has also been mentioned in Vedic and early Sanskrit texts.
Online rating: How many stars will you give this piece?
Online star ratings for books can become a way of avoiding engagement and not thinking deeply enough about them.
You rang? The super-rich will privatise us all
A huge range of talent — from chefs to nannies to accountants — are being hired by the wealthy and managed by their family offices
It's Barbie's world and consumers are living in it
Quiet luxury takes a backset to Barbiecore this summer
