As the Taliban took over, my family tore up our photo album – and sent me a picture of them doing so

The rise, fall and resurgence of the Taliban are woven into our history.

Jalal Hussaini

· Sep 01, 2021 · 09:00 am

Personal essay: Death is everywhere in Bollywood, but why is grief so rare?

What I discovered when I turned to Hindi films for solace.

Bijal Vachharajani

· Aug 16, 2021 · 10:30 am

The way of the open palm: Writer and artist Shakti Maira’s wife Swati Chopra recounts his final year

Shakti Maira (1947-2021) died in New Delhi on May 9.

Swati Chopra

· May 31, 2021 · 05:30 pm

A novelist gets Covid-19 up in a Himalayan town. This is what her life turns into

Writer Anuradha Roy on her encounter with coronavirus in Ranikhet, Uttarakhand, where she lives.

Anuradha Roy

· May 20, 2021 · 05:30 pm

First person: Cycling in Calcutta gifted me freedom, adventures and a very special friendship

From the vantage of my bike saddle, I have watched liberalisation change the shape of India.

Benjamin Zachariah

· Apr 25, 2021 · 11:30 am

What a kite’s nest near my home told me about the state of Indian democracy

The renewal of a lost nest has filled me with a sense of hope.

Namita Bhandare

· Feb 13, 2021 · 07:30 am

‘A life of principle, integrity and dignity’: A son’s tribute to his policeman father PG Halarnkar

The former Bengaluru city police commissioner and Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force passed away on January 2.

Samar Halarnkar

· Jan 05, 2021 · 05:48 pm

How to write an elegy in the year of dying: Poet-novelist Tishani Doshi on the death of her dog

‘The knowledge that you will lose something, and after that you may lose some more.’

Tishani Doshi

· Dec 31, 2020 · 05:30 pm

How Jeanette Winterson and her ‘Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal’ helped me cope with anxiety

Writer Manjiri Indurkar’s personal essay on the help she got from a book during a writing residency in Finland.

Manjiri Indurkar

· Mar 15, 2020 · 07:30 am