Essays
Battlegrounds
Anjali Doshi reflects on the unattractive display of hyper-nationalism by Indian cricket fans at the recently concluded World Cup
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The Female Athlete
Athletics federations rely on dodgy science to define who gets to compete as a woman, to create the illusion of a level playing field, argues Payoshni Mitra
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A Fan’s Notes
What strange alchemy makes sports fans relate so passionately, so personally, to young, God-like millionaire athletes, wonders Jai Arjun Singh
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Manufacturing Memory
Our history is a battleground. What we remember and what we forget, writes Anil Nauriya, is essential to the control of the national narrative
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Blood Pheasants of Kanchenjunga
Stephen Alter on an expedition to the ‘great snow-covered mountain’ in search of a bird revered by the Lepcha people
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Istanbul Interregnum
In a moment of personal flux, Ananya Vajpeyi finds solace in the Turkish capital, its past and its present. And its connections to her home city of Delhi
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The Election in Begusarai
Bharath Murthy draws attention to a colourful election campaign
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Memories of Madness
How we treat our ‘lunatics’ says a lot about who we are as a society. Psychiatrists Sanjeev Jain and Alok Sarin recall Delhi’s asylum, first sacked during the 1857 rebellion
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Dead Ant, Dead Ant
The most ambitious scientific experiment ever to test the effects of global warming trains the heat on ants. Akshai Jain explains why, and how
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