Personal Essay
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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
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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
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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
Trending
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When India was a ‘land of diamonds’, Russian tsars eagerly tried to build ties with Aurangzeb
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Hockey, Asia Cup, India vs Indonesia, as it happened: India win 16-0 to go through to the Super 4
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Watch: Japanese man transforms himself into a dog with Rs 12 lakh costume
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Does US have evidence of aliens visiting us on Earth?
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Behind Gyanvapi’s women petitioners, a network of men who have long fought for Hindutva causes
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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
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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
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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
Video
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‘You are doing nothing’: Democrat leader interrupts Texas governor at press conference over gun laws
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‘Single biggest learning experience of my life’: Rahul Gandhi about father Rajiv’s assassination
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Watch: Indo-Tibetan border police play nostalgic childhood game after snowfall in Himachal Pradesh
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Watch: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern explains how her country implemented gun control
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Watch: This girl with an amputated leg has to hop to school on one foot in a Bihar town
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‘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
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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
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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
The Reel
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Watch: Partition, art and the idea of home in short film ‘The Miniaturist Of Junagadh’
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ trailer: Christian Bale joins Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
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‘Zollywood’ trailer: Marathi film about Vidarbha’s theatre scene is coming soon to cinemas
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Watch: Teaser of new ‘Mission: Impossible’ film ‘Dead Reckoning Part One’ is out