A desi love story: adventures with Indies
"I love travelling and I was sad to leave my dogs all the time. I had to find a way of travelling with them so Indian Railways came into the picture. Our first journey was from Nizamuddin in Delhi to ...
26 Sep 20251h 8min
Of birds, bees and educated fleas
"Humans don't really know what we are doing. Mostly, we are blundering along. A lot of animals that were once looked upon favourably and bred - like the pigeon for sending messages - are now considere...
19 Sep 202546min
Hymn to Hanuman
"As a child I lived in a hostel away from my parents and I was always scared so my parents told me to recite the Hanuman Chalisa. That's how the text entered my life. Recently, I met a delegation fro...
11 Sep 202553min
Following her own beat
"When we write about music history, we are mostly talking about artists. There are also fewer biographies, autobiographies and memoirs by instrumentalists. But can the instrument itself become the pro...
5 Sep 202558min
Brayed of tongue
"Generally in India, the moment you see deviant behaviour, you immediately label the person 'mad'. But at least now, in some circles, the attitude towards seeking psychological help is changing. Some ...
29 Aug 202556min
Of public chaos and amateur Indians stranded on islands of privilege
"I feel India's politics is the revenge of the poor; it's why things are the way they are. They might not look at it as a violent act but it emerges from some kind of violence against us, the middle c...
21 Aug 202547min
Of Hawa Hawai and writing for his life
"People know about what sometimes happens to girls growing up in the kotha; but no one knows what happens to boys. Nobody's written about it as such so I thought I might as well do it. A kotha for taw...
15 Aug 202553min
Homage to the fruit of the gods
"In India, in the Philippines, and in the Caribbean, in places where the mango grows, it's viewed with universal adoration. We Americans are good at thinking that we have the best of everything; but n...
8 Aug 20251h 4min
