Style, Sass, and Squash

Dipika Pallikal talks about her journey to become one of the world’s best squash players, her love for travel and why she prefers stylish cars.

Good Treatment

Dear Zindagi’s radical break from Bollywood’s portrayal of mental illness.

Heavy Metal

India’s first smelters and their fraught history with the Tatas

History Detective

The woman who set up Afghanistan’s biggest cultural archive / Arts

Media Functions

Why high-profile events by news organisations can damage journalistic independence

Stifling The Truth

The government and media’s cover-up after the Gorakhpur tragedy

The Illusionist

Hyderabad’s teacher of the magical arts

State Graft

Can Xi Jinping save the Chinese communists from corruption?

Throwing Light

Insights into the neglected history of Indian documentaries.

Visual Art

Enactments and each passing day

Driving Miss Jinnah

An antique car exhibit in Karachi spotlights an underappreciated historical figure / Politics

Counting Crores

Why Indian films’ box-office figures do not add up.

Parched

How the termination of drought relief will affect communities in Lesotho

A Matter Of Choice

What the right-to-privacy judgment means for India’s abortion law

A Pack Of Troubles

How Spiti is coping with its stray-dog problem

Temple Run

Will Karnataka’s real, devout Hindus please stand up? / Politics

A Modest Proposal

For preventing the children of poor people in India from being a burden to their parents or the economy, and for making them beneficial to the public / Satire

Squandered Chances

The ruling parties’ defeat in local polls has dealt a blow to Sri Lanka’s hard-won democratising process 

The Lede

Fine-Tuned India’s exclusive circles of competitive whistling / Music

An Awkward Silence

Massive layoffs at newspapers expose professional conditions that undermine the public sphere / Media

Mind Game

An unusual sport’s rapid growth in India / Sport

Silver Lining

How Peru’s poorest are solving their water woes / Politics

High Horses

Polo and patriotism in northern Pakistan / Sport

Stolen Turf

The BJP has usurped part of Kanshi Ram’s dream / Politics

Unhappy Anniversary

Taking stock after half a century of Dravidian rule in Tamil Nadu / Politics

Water and Fire

Mamata Banerjee’s simmering confrontation with the BJP / Politics

The Diminishing Middle

How Modi is restructuring the BJP / Politics

Drawing The Line

Why the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill united northeastern India in protest / Communities

No Direction Home

How the world’s largest democracy treats the world’s most persecuted minority.

Leaves Of Grass

Uruguay’s experiment with legalising cannabis / Communities