Of insiders, outsiders, and insiders outside!
"The earliest record of Northeast India is in the writing of Huen Tsang in the 7th century. So people have been going there for many centuries. The notion that people of only one ethnicity have lived ...
30 Aug 202448min
Fantastic tales about trees
"Most people seem to think that if they cut 10 trees and then plant 100 trees they have atoned for their sins but ecologically that doesn't make sense. The best thing to do is to protect what we alrea...
22 Aug 202459min
The Millennial Hero Complex and other stories
"Millennials are unique in that every conflict or political situation that we see feels like it is at the same distance from us. So Manipur or the riots in Delhi feel at the same distance, which may o...
16 Aug 202448min
Of khichdi, kheer and khayali pulao: Tales of Indian food
"There is no reference to the biryani in the popular domain earlier than 125 years ago. Biryani was just one of the many varieties of pulao. One text tells us that no civilised gourmet in Lucknow touc...
9 Aug 202451min
The Great Nicobar Island Project: Staring at Certain Disaster
"The Great Nicobar Island Project will cause huge devastation in the landscape. Just 20 years ago, this was the epicentre of the earthquake and tsunami of December 2004. With this project, we are putt...
2 Aug 202452min
Finding Moments of Tenderness in a Conflicted City
"For people who grew up in the 1990s in Srinagar, the undercurrent of tension has always been our lived reality. This book is about how everyday normal lives also exist in Kashmir and how people navig...
26 Jul 20241h 4min
Mango Nation; On India's Favorite Fruit
"The mango truly is a natural obsession, like cricket or Bollywood or politics. Every Indian is an expert on the mango. Perhaps there's no other country in the world which has a comparable relationshi...
19 Jul 202450min
Crossing Borders
"In the Indian-Chinese context, food is one of the battlegrounds. It's often the first thing that triggers parents of the couple. Both Indian and Chinese societies are patriarchal so the girl is consi...
12 Jul 20241h 5min
