Exodus From Tyranny: An East Germany Defector Recounts his Journey to Freedom
How the massive flight of its citizenry exposed the realities of communist East Germany to the world
The Noida Entrepreneur who Devised a Fix for Cigarette Waste
Cigarette butts may be tiny, but their environmental impact is vast. Naman Gupta is tackling the problem
Gautam Bhatia's 10 All-Time Favourite Reads
Gautam Bhatia is a speculative fiction writer. He is the author of the science fiction duology, The Wall (2020) and The Horizon (2021), and most recently, of the novel, The Sentence (2024). He is also a constitutional lawyer and the coordinating editor of the science-fiction magazine Strange Horizons.
Your Fascia-nating Fascia
New science is showing that fascia—the webbing that holds your body together—might play a role in far more than just post-exercise soreness
Photo Essay: Raghu Rai (1942 to 2026), The Eye that Captured India
He photographed India not as spectacle, but as feeling—its silences, sorrows, rituals, and resilience gathered into frames that taught the nation how to see
The Storm-Proof Homes in the Sundarbans That Survived Every Cyclone Since Amphan
A non-profit and a team of architects are turning to local materials, traditional wisdom and community collaboration to rethink what climate resilience could look like in one of India’s most vulnerable regions.
How Colonial India Was Photographed, Classified and 'Typecast'
Through rare ethnographic photographs, the DAG exhibition Typecasting: Photographing the Peoples of India 1855–1920, examines how the British colonial project turned India’s immense diversity into rigid visual 'types'—and why those images continue to resonate today.
How Camels, Boats and Bullock Carts Are Bringing Books to Rural India
From camel caravans in Rajasthan to floating libraries in Uttar Pradesh, the India Gets Reading campaign is finding inventive ways to nurture a love for reading among children in some of India’s most remote communities.
A Sitcom Writer's (Reluctant) Trip to the Titanic
In 2023, the submersible Titan imploded on its way to view the famous sunken ocean liner. A year earlier, our author—a sitcom writer—took the same trip. Here’s what he saw
Extraordinary Indians: Bezwada Wilson's March for Dignity and Self-Respect
The activist leads the fight to end the centuries-old, caste-bound practice of manual scavenging.
Ruchir Joshi on his Favourite Childhood Reads
Ruchir Joshi is a Kolkata-based writer, filmmaker and columnist known for his genre-bending debut novel The Last Jet-Engine Laugh, his sharp political chronicle Poriborton! and his award-winning films, Eleven Miles and Tales from Planet Kolkata. His new novel, The Great Eastern Hotel (HarperCollins) released in February 2025.
Good News: Sustainability on Track, A Sisterhood in the Wild, and More
Heartwarming, world-shaking, awe-inspiring and straight-up happy making reasons to smile
Good News: Stepwell Revivals, The World is Smoking Less, and More
Heartwarming, world-shaking, awe-inspiring and straight-up happy-making reasons to smile
Narayani Basu's 10 Favourite Books of all Time
Historian and foreign policy analyst, Narayani Basu is the author of the critically acclaimed biography V. P. Menon: The Unsung Architect of Modern India (2020) and Allegiance: Azaadi and the End of Empire (2022). Her most recent release is A Man For All Seasons: The Life Of K. M. Panikkar.