Matcha made in heaven!
Matcha rose to remarkable prominence in 2025, evolving from a traditional tea into a global lifestyle staple. Once closely associated with the refined tea culture of Japan, matcha steadily found…
Celebrating progress, confronting reality, and reimagining equality
March 8 is International Women’s Day—a moment to celebrate the achievements of women across various fields, reflect on the progress made, and acknowledge the challenges that still lie ahead. In…
‘Hallucinating’ AI is now fighting real wars
In Washington, a feud has erupted between the US Department of War and the AI company Anthropic, maker of the Claude model. The kerfuffle sounds like a classic corporate-state standoff,…
Five ways to reimagine Indian cities around women’s labour and realities
On most days, a woman in India does not experience the city as a neutral grid of roads and buildings. She experiences it as negotiation. She calculates lighting before distance.…
My grandmother, N. Devanayaki (1903–1983), and other pioneering women in the family: A personal piece
The Scrabble Board was laid out on the table. My sister, brother, and I arranged our tiles and began to play. After a few rounds, just as I was going…
The mother, the maestro and a new jugalbandi
The desert sun beats down on the white gaddis facing the makeshift platform, glancing off the reddening bare scalp of the man seated before me and turning the sandstone of…
Can the Bloc reshape the global order?
There has been a noticeable shift in recent years in the role of BRICS, from an informal grouping of like-minded emerging economies to a bloc capable of playing a larger…
A practical 30-day training plan
India does not suffer from a lack of talent. India suffers from a surplus of noise. Everyone has an opinion, a notification, a shortcut, a hustle. In that racket, leadership…
The place of women in the scriptures
The Vedas and the Puranas originally gave equal rights to women. In Gaya, Bihar, there is a site where it is believed that Sita Mata did the Pind Daan for…
Cricket, like life, rewards courage and patience
Reuben Ray Sometimes the deepest lessons of life are revealed not only in scriptures or spiritual discourses but in the simple drama unfolding on a playing field. A moment on…