What growing up with two abusive men taught me about the #MeToo movement in India

Witnessing my father and grandfather’s acts of violence filled me with an inchoate rage and internal chaos that have never completely left me.

Vikram Zutshi

· Jul 17, 2019 · 11:30 am

How the ancient Indian tradition of Tantra became all about sex and orgasms in the US

What is practised today as Neotantra is a bastardised version of an ancient spiritual practice.

Vikram Zutshi

· Mar 25, 2019 · 11:30 am

The dark and comical side of Americans’ fascination with Indian spiritualism

The New Age community’s disenchantment with the mainstream can have funny and, at times, grim consequences.

Vikram Zutshi

· Feb 04, 2019 · 11:30 am

‘Admonish me if I call myself Hindu or Muslim’: SH Raza’s art was an exploration of spirituality

A major retrospective traces the evolution of one of India’s finest modernist artists.

Vikram Zutshi

· Jun 28, 2018 · 11:30 am

In cinema and life, surrealist filmmaker Luis Bunuel defied expectations till the very end

Rebellion marked the entire career of the Spanish-born director who is known as the father of cinematic surrealism.

Vikram Zutshi

· Feb 22, 2018 · 07:30 pm

‘If you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper’: David Lynch revisited

Film, music, art, literature, photography and architecture – is there anything the American artist cannot do?

Vikram Zutshi

· Jan 21, 2018 · 08:15 am

Yes, we should celebrate yoga – but not for the reason Modi and his admirers want us to

Yoga didn’t emerge from a homogenous Hindu culture, nor did it ever have fixed metaphysical goals.

Vikram Zutshi

· Jun 21, 2017 · 08:00 am

How Wazawan came to Kashmir and the secret of its sensual flavours

When done right, Kashmiri cuisine is a feast for all the senses and not just the palate.

Vikram Zutshi

· Jun 03, 2017 · 11:30 am

Tempest in a teapot: A rebuttal to Reza Aslan’s critics from someone who’s lived with Aghoris

If the remaining episodes of Aslan’s mini-series ‘Believer’ are as provocative as the first one, they should not be missed.

Vikram Zutshi

· Mar 18, 2017 · 11:30 am

'India has been a sexual wasteland for two centuries': An interview with psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar

The psychoanalyst and writer explains how the land of the 'Kamasutra' moved towards sexual repression.

Vikram Zutshi

· Oct 04, 2016 · 05:30 am