14 Historic Walks of Delhi
The idea of the old and the new has always had an interesting relationship with the city of Delhi; the name 'Delhi' has been shifting from site to site. I'd say the Qutub Minar and the Meherauli Arche...
9 Marras 202350min
The West, Indian gurus and the search for Enlightenment
For women of a certain class, there was a tremendous romance attached to Indian swamis and gurus. That's perhaps because gurus of that time presented themselves as an antidote to the very stiff, rigid...
3 Marras 202358min
A glimpse of the world behind bars
Ever since my release, I've been thinking of what can be done to improve the situation in prisons. One of the byproducts of people like us going to jail is that we get a glimpse into the world behind ...
27 Loka 202353min
Doing heuristics & showing chutzpah
"What we assume is gut instinct when it comes to the cooking of our mothers and grandmothers is actually hours and hours of practice. They didn't have much choice, they had to cook. So, just by dint o...
20 Loka 202355min
A taste of heaven on the street
"There is so much diversity in one plate of a chaat dish and there is so much diversity from one end of the country to the other. In a plate of chaat, there are differences in texture, temperature, co...
12 Loka 202347min
Cutting for stone; the jali in India
"Stone carving is really one of the great accomplishments of India's architecture. The jali is part of that larger rock cutting and carving tradition. It has a special place because it wasn't just a d...
5 Loka 202359min
Scents and sensibility
"Incense was the original perfume. There was the belief that if you burnt it, the smoke was able to transcend the barrier between the worlds. Things like sandalwood may have remained in the realm of w...
28 Syys 202357min
On women who have broadened our understanding of the natural world
"There's an upsurge of interest in natural history at every level and that's a positive sign. The diversity of work by these biologists is a reflection of that interest. There are people working at va...
22 Syys 202355min
