Like Indrajit Hazra, I was born and bred in Kolkata. Unlike him, I was a bokhate chele (mildly put, a wayward boy) and have lived the city not through...

Like Indrajit Hazra, I was born and bred in Kolkata. Unlike him, I was a bokhate chele (mildly put, a wayward boy) and have lived the city not through...

Like Indrajit Hazra, I was born and bred in Kolkata. Unlike him, I was a bokhate chele (mildly put, a wayward boy) and have lived the city not through...

This New Year eve, like every New Year eve before this one, except that one time two years back when I lost a wife and a job in quick succession, I...

City Adrift: A short biography of Bombay is a myth buster. There are about as many myths surrounding the city as there are immigrants the Shiv Sena...

Diamond tells me the insects here don’t bite. I am not convinced of course and he smiles his lady-boy smile and gets me some mosquito coils for the...

I read in the papers that Parvez Rasool’s inclusion in the Indian cricket team has cheered your home state. Isn’t this somewhat hypocritical that...

I am here, light blue jacket,’ Amitava Kumar tells me with a text message as I leave a muggy, muddy Saturday outside for the cool confines of a Khan...

India is not a linear story. It is at once one nation and many. With different parts living in different centuries. Which is why it takes years of...

Fuck, says Crazy Joey, as he sees a Polish nun in a red dress. It is his gift to her for saving whatever remains of his soul. She wears it to the...

It’s a muggy Wednesday. Humidity has taken away happiness and even a stroll inside Khan Market has to be postponed for a cloudy forenoon. Across the...

Discipline is for dodos. Real men kick up all the sand and sediment. Then study ‘what effect it had and what was uncovered in the process’. John Rebus...