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I’m an indian woman, i’m tired of outraging. Jharkhand tourist gang rape won’t change a thing

No one is defaming India more than Indian men. The burden of India’s culture of sexual violence lies with Indian men alone.

Longing for the Other Punjab: A Search for My “Jhelum Kinare” Pind on Google Maps

I am from a post-Partition migrant family, but I have no idea where my roots lie. My grandfather, my last “sarhad paar” connection, passed away and I grew obsessed with the idea. I pined away for a name, but all I had to go on was a “Jhelum kinare” village. How do you feel a longing for a place you’ve never been to?

The Decline of “Aunty Feminists”: Why Feminism Needs an Update in a Post-Me Too World

The rage-fuelled few weeks of India’s #MeToo moment, are the cathartic blowing of the lid of collective pent-up aggression. Now that we’ve examined male behaviour across the spectrum of awfulness, where do we go from here?

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU’RE DYING AT 5000M? FABINDIA KURTAS

While trekking in Ladakh, I find myself buried waist-deep in debris. This is it, I tell myself. This is how I’ll go out, amid the oversold beauty of this high-altitude desert, as a slight disappointment to my mother and no book contract. I leave behind a flimsy legacy of FabIndia kurtas and Nicobar dresses.

Opening a Channel

Zee Zindagi’s line-up of Pakistani teleplays signals a changing Indian viewership.

Sacred Journeys: A Disbeliever’s Dilemma

Ritual can move mountains—and sometimes, the staunchest agnostics.

Fragrant Earth: Is It Possible To Bottle The Scent Of First Rain?

Captivated by Kannauj, India's perfume capital.

Diljit Dosanjh: The Unsuitable Boy of Bollywood

Diljit Dosanjh is an unlikely hero for Bollywood. As Soorma releases today, I can’t remember the last time someone with such son-of-the-soil appeal made it as a leading man in a mainstream film.

“We Didn’t Start the Fire”

Mumbai’s mountain of waste, the Deonar dumping ground, is a source of livelihood for ragpickers and scrap dealers. Why then, would they start a blaze that scorches their homes?