In an era where the Congress’s chola-bhatura fuelled vrat and the PM’s day-long abstinence from food are also considered “fasts”, a man reminds us of the glory days of fasting – when the abstaining was longer than the time it takes to finish binge watching a season of Game of Thrones.

I spent 10 days at a vipassana centre, only to find out that I am a wannabe spiritualist. The path to equanimity, I soon discovered, is riddled with disappointment.

I had seen a Shiva ling before and thought I knew what it symbolised. What fascinated me was how little we know about it.

Is it okay to eat a cow that wants to be eaten?