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What Lonely Planet Won’t Tell You About Visiting the Kumbh Mela

The grand procession of sadhus at the Kumbh Mela making their way to the banks of the holy Ganges for one of the shahi snans is a once-in-a-lifetime experience — note that attending twice may lead to serious emotional distress.

#VALUE! June 24, 2016

POV

One Pepperoni Pizza, With a Topping of Politics, Please

In an age where everything from sharing a hug on the metro to booking an Ola cab is political fodder, perhaps it was only a matter of time before paying for your Swiggy order would be fraught with similar tensions. Or is it already?

Kahini Iyer June 24, 2016

Love and Sex

Tinder Diaries of a News Junkie

A Tinder survey said that most people want to learn something new together on their first date. How adventurous! I only want to dissect the PM’s latest tweet with my dates.

Parthshri Arora June 20, 2016

POV

Tum Saale Presswalleh

If it isn’t the media’s job to introduce nuance to debate, to question prevailing narratives, to side with the people – all people, and not just the privileged – whose job is it?

Arnav Das June 16, 2016

People

The Mother Tongue Murders

Regional journalists do what the English media can’t – connect with and influence millions of Indians living in smaller towns and rural areas.

Dushyant Shekhawat June 13, 2016

Animals

Man vs Avni: Why We Are All Responsible for the Tigress’s Death

Avni’s fate was sealed the moment she first came into conflict with humans. But there is no glory to be gained in hunting endangered animals, even if they’re supposedly man-eaters, and each life lost is a sign of the failure of our conservation efforts.

Dushyant Shekhawat June 8, 2016

POV

Shouldn’t the People of Kashmir Have Had a Say in the Revocation of Article 370?

I am not going to debate whether the revocation of Article 370 is going to be good or bad for Kashmir and India. The result of this action will only be clear with time. But what we must consider is the way this whole manoeuvre was orchestrated. And what that might portend for the future of our democracy.

Karan Mujoo June 5, 2016

Columns

Rearview: Pulwama Attack & the Difficulty of Being an Amol Palekar in a World of Arnabs

In the backdrop of the Pulwama attack, whose freedom of expression should we be concerned about? We don’t shut down the folks propagating #TerrorismHasAReligion, or journalists who purportedly declared Aligarh Muslim University, a “university of terrorists”. But we shut down people like Amol Palekar.

Karanjeet Kaur June 5, 2016

Pop Culture

F/riction: Nirav Modi, Wall Street, & the Glimmer of Unending Greed

With Nirav Modi planning to apply for “political asylum” in the UK, we revisit Oliver Stone’s classic Wall Street. Both Vijay Mallya and Modi have certainly watched the film – but not as a morality play. They watched it as a blueprint for how life ought to be led.

Vishwas Kulkarni May 27, 2016

Technology

Aadhaar Verdict: Time to Worry About the Ghosts of Your Data Past

The Supreme Court’s Aadhaar verdict has maintained that the database’s benefits outweigh its risks. But do they? Data is the new plutonium, a simple target that unlike our land and water, stands at a crossroads of accessibility, where it is both an asset and a threat.

Manik Sharma May 24, 2016