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I’m a writer and editor based in New Delhi. Read more about me and my work here.


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The Alchemy of Secrets, by Priya Balasubramanian ♦ Originally published in Biblio India. I read…

Long exposure

Chirodeep Chaudhuri captured Durga Puja at his ancestral village in Bengal over 12 years ♦…

Time to pretend

There’s a costume for every occasion at Abhiruchi ♦ Read this article as part of…

Lost and Found

Vasudha Thozhur’s intriguing works weave together personal loss and national tragedy. ♦ Vasudha Thozhur has…

Rain words

Compiled from John T Platt’s Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English. āb-i-bārān (m) Rain-water. abr-i-āẕur (m) A…

Watching it burn

Image: Wikimedia Commons Marking an anniversary and the National Museum of Natural History ♦ I…

Printer’s proof

A public airing of a private collection of prints could spike interest in an underappreciated…

Footloose

Walking with a purpose ♦ “Every walk is a sort of crusade,” wrote Henry David…

Portrait of a lady

The last century of Mughal rule comes to life in The Mirror of Beauty, Shamsur…

Eight Women: Pelva Naik

Young classical vocalist Pelva Naik lets nothing come between her and her passion for dhrupad,…

Objects

Group Show at the Visual Arts Gallery. ♦ This story was originally published in Time…

RT Book Reviews

Magazine review ♦ Name: RT Book Reviews Circulation: 70,000 Date of Birth: 1981 Frequency: Monthly…

Delhi-spotting

Looking for home at the National Museum’s Cosmology to Cartography: A Cultural Journey of Indian Maps exhibition.

Protest Code

Suñatā Samantā: Emptiness Equality invites you to look beyond the obvious in art to see…

Child Speak/Woman Song

Vasundhara Tewari Broota at Shridharani Gallery ♦ Much like her paintings, the title of Vasundhara Tewari…

Charred minars

Pakistani novelist Kamila Shamsie surveys the world from Guantanamo to Peshawar in an interview ♦ A panel from Vishal K…

Graveyard of the Raj

Secret Delhi: Coronation Durbar Park ♦ North of Old Delhi, in a now-desolate field, lies…

Greener Pastures

Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha is a world apart, capturing the slow rhythm of daily life…

Ten spiritual trails

Exploring Delhi’s religious landmarks ♦ Excerpt from a Time Out Delhi cover package from October 2008….

Espresso Grill

Rich flavours on pretty plates ♦ Delhi’s largest multilevel parking lot on Baba Kharak Singh Marg,…

Darkness in Delhi

As Delhi’s lives are looted again, the architecture of the city too shifts beneath our…

Patel Rap

Capital Communities: Delhi’s Gujaratis aren’t all business. ♦ Gujaratis have a long history in Delhi,…

Mother of Invention

Perumal Murugan remembers Amma in his latest book. ♦ Originally published in India Today. I’d…

Q&A: Alka Pande

Alka Pande has a finger in many artistic pies. ♦ This story was originally published…

Yoko Ono

The avante-garde artist performs and exhibits in Delhi ♦ Read this…

Eternal returns

William Dalrymple on researching Return of a King, his history of the First Afghan War ♦…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A worthy detour on the road to Damascus ♦ We don’t often find ourselves in…

Damn nation

 Siddartha Deb finds life less than shiny in the new India ♦ In The Beautiful and…