1984-letter words: Ripple effects in music, videogames, books and films
[ad_1] In 2024, Big Brother is watching, listening, reading DMs, tracking link clicks. He is a pair of eyes that never turns away, but is usually hidden from view. PREMIUM…
Book, line and sinker: Are we living in the world George Orwell predicted?
[ad_1] His most famous works, 1984 (1949) and Animal Farm (1945), presage a kind of thinking about totalitarianism that links writers as disparate as Christopher Hitchens (God Is Not Great;…
What does it take to change the world? Wknd talks to environmental policy consultant S Faizi
[ad_1] What does success look like, as an environmental policy consultant? Perseverance is the only certain success, says S Faizi. Failing is a big part of the job, he adds.…
Borrowed and Lent: Where do Easter terms come from?
[ad_1] There is a lot of leeway built into how Christians may celebrate Lent. Many still opt for the traditional sacrifices of meat and poultry, and eat only fish. Others,…
Read an exclusive excerpt from the book Head Curry
[ad_1] My father cannot eat a meal without meat. PREMIUM (Image courtesy Gulammohammed Sheikh / Eklavya) Even if my mother cooks meat six days and six nights in a week…
Read an exclusive excerpt from the book Paati’s Rasam
[ad_1] Paati would gently ladle some hot rasam over the mountain of rice on my plate and top it off with a generous dollop of ghee. PREMIUM (Image courtesy Pallavi…
And then there were naan: Finally, Indian food stars in children’s books
[ad_1] Indian children’s books in English are finally moving on from scones, tarts and gingerbread men, to rhymes about dosas that sprint off the pan, tales about making the perfect…
Throwing shades: How colours get their names
[ad_1] Two years ago, former advertising executive and magazine editor Meera Ganapathi, 37, received an unusual job offer: would she be willing to name 2,400 colours? PREMIUM Swatch cards for…
Window on the word: Why do accents form and why do they matter?
[ad_1] Language is very new to Antarctica. The first humans only landed here in the mid-1890s. The first burst of research stations occurred 70 years ago, in the 1950s. PREMIUM…
Trophy wiles: Anupama Chopra on strange awards and why they must stop
[ad_1] Most Stylish Glam Star Award. Star in the Spotlight. Hot and Techy Performer of the Year. Sensational Superstar. Most Stylish Game Changer Award. Most Stylish Risk Taker. PREMIUM Emma…
Caught in the current: Check out Abhijit Banerjee and Sarnath Banerjee’s series, Water Wars
[ad_1] An artist and an economist walk across a bridge… PREMIUM A still from The Land of Good Intentions, on Punjab, rice and agriculture, illustrated by Sarnath Banerjee. (Courtesy MIT…
The secret lives of Renaissance souls: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi
[ad_1] I know how to ask great questions that don’t appear to follow a pattern, my otherwise-critical mother said to me recently. She added that she has noticed how I…
No, don’t eat that!: Swetha Sivakumar on how foods spoil
[ad_1] This week, I’d like to start by thanking readers for their feedback. It lights up my Sundays, every week, and gives me food for thought. PREMIUM Bread mould as…
Choral riffs: A Wknd interview with jazz icon Asha Puthli
[ad_1] In 1966, at the restaurant Venice at Hotel Astoria in Bombay, writer Ved Mehta, artist Vivan Sundaram and Asha Puthli turned up to listen to saxophonist Braz Gonsalves’s jazz…
An ode to childhood romances that last: With Love by Simran Mangharam
[ad_1] In 2006, I met a couple in their late 30s whose love story turned out to be my favourite kind: a childhood romance that has stood the test of…
Knives out: Meet the man crafting Japanese blades in Kochi
[ad_1] How does a project manager in the construction industry end up crafting chef’s knives? PREMIUM (From left) A Japanese meat cleaver. The versatile Santoku, designed to chop finely with…
Paws and play: An animated short about seniors, with a twist
[ad_1] Through decades of studying architecture, acquiring a Master’s degree in business management and working at technology companies such as Satyam Computers and Tencent, Rahul Razdan hoped to make a…
Agents of shield: Meet the folk performers who once served as spies
[ad_1] In the forests of Sindhudurg, during the reign of the warrior-king Shivaji, a band of spies was inducted. They were to roam the villages of the Maratha empire and…
