From admitting to beating his wife and his mistresses, to soliciting sex workers, Naipaul eviscerated the notion that male morality should coexist with male genius. And yet, florid tributes to VS Naipaul flow, written by the very people he chastised in his writings.

I grew up in the Byculla of ’80s and ’90s, in middle-class insularity on the fringes of the gangland. Yet, I do not recognise the boys of Sacred Games. And I knew them well. They came to collect donations for Navratri and Ganpati, and they didn’t use creative expletives like the L-word.

The bridge between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai is increasingly gaining a reputation for becoming the city's suicide hotspot. Lucky for the jumpers, it's also 5 minutes from the home of fisherman Rajaram Joshi, who has saved up to 37 people from drowning in the dangerous creek.

Our wars now unfold on a public stage. Thirty years ago, surgical strikes were business as usual. Colonel Abir Choudhuri recalls a gripping operation in Myanmar territory.

Cleaning up after Mumbai's massive population is no easy task, but for sanitation worker, Harishchandra Dhivar, writing helps him deal with the stench. On World Environment Day, meet the BMC garbage collector who has written over 200 poems.

Baba Ramdev, who is only a few business deals away from launching his own line of yoga-enabled spacecraft, is at this point, just showing off. It wouldn’t come as a shock if he’s the one who finally cures AIDS.

A former marketing professional decided to go on a long walk — 3,800 kms to be precise. Meet Srishti Bakshi, a woman on a mission to make India a safer country for women.

I played wingman to a kleptomaniac friend. I distracted a bar waiter, as my buddy Pranay lifted a couple of beers. Unlike him, I was filled with guilt, making me wonder if it was his affluent upbringing that absolved him of regret.