In Search of Transcendence at Sundaram Tagore New York is an exhibition that dances in the spirit of the sublime though the pinholes and folded edges of corrugated, dyed paper sheets that unfold saga of a meditation practitioner, Sohan Qadri. Himalayas Hinduism and the world Qadri, who spent much of his working life in Copenhagen,…
There’s something uniquely charming about the Indian wardrobe — memories stitched into folds, a story wrapped in six yards of silk, or maybe a hand-embroidered dupatta passed along generations like a secret. While the world flits through fast fashion trends, the Indian closet quietly holds its own — timeless, functional, and deeply personal. Open any…
His fate is in Parliament’s hands now, and the odds are stacked against him. The first-ever sacking of an HC judge would be degrading for the judiciary’s position I was deeply saddened and shocked by the extraordinary discovery at Justice Yashwant Varma’s residence in March. A man of enviable legal competence, great judicial efficiency, equable…
Freedom of repression is now fundamental right Only gums used to be sensitive. But people with this condition were unfortunate exceptions. Now it’s become endemic like cholera was, or dengue is. Like it or lump it, you have to live with it. In fact, if you aren’t sensitive to sensitivities you might even end up…
In a town called Bathinda in Punjab, a young woman who made fun videos on social media was killed. She didn’t hurt anyone — she just liked to post videos of herself dancing or acting like many people do on apps like Instagram or TikTok. What’s even more shocking is that some people, including a…
That the Indian politics is caste-based goes without saying. The projected caste census is the culmination of such politics. With each passing day, the casteist discourse will become shriller, for sure. However, it is a matter of regret that even the academia has willy nilly become involved in this political slugfest. Recent flip-flop over the…
Unmasking the illusion of virtual real estate The future didn’t knock; it spawned in. With an avatar and a wallet. Welcome to the Metaverse, where plots of pixelated land once sold for more than prime addresses in Mumbai, and virtual skyscrapers rose in code, not concrete. But behind the buzzwords, blockchain-backed deeds, and NFT-minted mansions…
Hello and welcome to another issue of the Weekly Vine.This week, we take stock of Trump’s boring parade, explain why brown lives matter a little less, explore the fear illusion, remember David Beckham the footballer, and reflect on borders and immigration. A Big, Beautiful, and Boring Parade When I was an insouciant kid in…
The number of millionaires in the United States grew by more than 379,000 in 2024 — over 1,000 new dollar millionaires every day — accounting for nearly 40% of global millionaires last year, according to the 2025 Global Wealth Report published by UBS on Wednesday.The report said private wealth rose 4.6% globally, with the Americas…
The “Indian” Vs the “Western” worldview on ‘Are men born equal or unequal and why’? When we think about human society, it reveals only the violence of powerful men and the oppression of the weak, with the vast ocean of a mixture of good-bad people, in between. And at the same time all…
