Listening to Christmas in the songs and stories of Nagaland

The state bubbles over with creative talent that manages an impressive balancing act between age-old community values and 21st century aspirations.

Vivek Menezes

· Dec 25, 2020 · 06:30 am

True-life confessions: Why the plot twist of ‘The Mandalorian’ web series made me cry

Thoughts about watching the show with my sons during lockdown.

Vivek Menezes

· Dec 20, 2020 · 11:30 am

#SaveMollem: In Goa, young artists are trying to re-imagine green activism for a media-saturated age

They have positioned art and culture right alongside scientific and legal strategies in the campaign against three environmentally destructive projects.

Vivek Menezes

· Dec 13, 2020 · 06:30 am

China’s first major comics anthology strips away stereotypes Indians hold of their giant neighbour

Contrariness is inherent to the premise of ‘Naked Body’.

Vivek Menezes

· Dec 03, 2020 · 11:30 am

Thanksgiving Day: How an ‘Indian bird’ made its way to the American dinner table

Exploring the global wanderings of the turkey, whose name in many parts of the world is associated with the subcontinent.

Vivek Menezes

· Nov 26, 2020 · 07:37 am

Remembering Salazar, the Portuguese dictator ‘who refused to die’ – or depart from Goa with dignity

Reading a new book about the Portuguese leader, it’s impossible to ignore parallels to the megalomania of US President Donald Trump.

Vivek Menezes

· Nov 21, 2020 · 09:18 am

How Indian Americans moved from the fringes to the US political mainstream

Kamala Harris is on the threshold of the White House. An Indian American has broken through.

Vivek Menezes

· Nov 05, 2020 · 06:30 am

In ‘Welcome to the New World’, a glimpse of an inclusive USA – and the power of graphic journalism

What does it takes to produce meaningful non-fiction comics?

Vivek Menezes

· Oct 28, 2020 · 03:30 pm

To argue with racists, a British geneticist wants to help readers understand science

Race and caste purity ‘is a biological myth’, notes Adam Rutherford in his new book.

Vivek Menezes

· Oct 21, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Jerusalema: Why a South African song has become the soundtrack to a world in lockdown

From Portland to Panjim, everyone’s dancing to the addictive beat. But there’s more to it than meets the ear.

Vivek Menezes

· Oct 14, 2020 · 11:30 am

From the US to India, contemplating the death of democracy

The old order is changing. What’s going to take its place?

Vivek Menezes

· Oct 07, 2020 · 07:48 pm

Reading Yeong-Shin Ma’s ‘Moms’ to understand why the Korean Wave has swept through parts of India

‘People admire Korean culture because the balance they seem to have found in letting the traditional and modern exist side by side is worth emulating.’

Vivek Menezes

· Sep 30, 2020 · 11:30 am