By Samir Shukla - This juncture I will wholeheartedly celebrate for what this country has given to me, my family. The person it has helped me become.
Astroscope for July 2026
Summer continues with the stars providing unique insight into the month ahead...
All the People: Can We Talk?
By Dipika Kohli - Asking questions of people is getting harder, now, too. You write to someone and they write you back like they’re an AI.
At 250, is Soft Power Still Relevant?
By Ahsen Jillani - When the brand names, the respect, the humility, the kindness all fade, when the soft power fades, what type of country will emerge?
The Anxiety of Travel (and Why We Still Go Anyway)
By Hiren Deliwala - Travel is messy and stressful, and sometimes it’ll steal your phone on day one. But it also makes you feel alive.
Choosing Where to Grow Old III
By Malini Amaladoss - Wherever we choose to live, we must learn to build our own small world of meaning within it.
Inside India’s Multibillion Dollar Wedding Industry
In India, marriage has become big business, with families spending more than ever. In the latest wedding season alone the bill is said to top more than 100 billion dollars with ever more elaborate requirements to celebrate a couple’s big day.
India’s Last Nomads
The film is much more than a portrait; it exemplifies how traditional communities worldwide can be torn apart by the tensions of an accelerating present.