Features
Two Champions
Wendy Doniger on Lester Doniger and Ravi Singh, both publishers who have made it possible for an embattled writer to write
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The End of Privacy
Aadhaar was about helping poor people receive their benefits. Now it appears to be about the collation and centralisation of our personal information. Is resistance possible, asks G Vishnu
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What Are You Hiding?
We are forever terrified that someone will uncover our secrets, rip off the armour shielding our lives. Maybe it’s time, argues Jerry Pinto, to expose our darkest corners to the light
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The Steel Almirah
Coming out of the closet in India can mean a family hiding together, says Sandip Roy. Love itself is our greatest secret
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How Green Is My Forest
Suprabha Seshan moved to the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary in Kerala over two decades ago. An environmental educator and rainforest protector, she offers a sensory account of life in the rainforest
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Forests of the Night
Urban children often first encounter the forest through books. Sampurna Chattarji considers why some of those forests become diminished, childish, in our adult years but some stay enchanted or grow even more terrifying
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The Preserver
Nasreen Munni Kabir on PK Nair, film archivist and inspiration to the cinematic world
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As the Wheel Turns
A city seen through the eyes of its taxi drivers is a standard cinematic trope. Alpana Chowdhury examines three films from different decades for clues to the decline and fall of Bombay
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Othered City
Cut off from the mainstream, even middle-class, educated Muslims find themselves choosing the ghetto, observes Anasua Chatterjee. What damage is fear and prejudice doing
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