After her debut in Fabulous Lives Vs Bollywood Wives, Delhi’s Shalini Passi—philanthropist, influencer, Bollywood celebrity and self-care diva—who gives little boxes of herbal dust to her friends, is now in the mass eye. Fair or unfair, deal with her
The show is a tug of war between two uber-privileged cliques—the Mumbai and Delhi groups—each arguing that neither of them is one. Both sides maintain tight, territorial impulses.
Mumbai is all of a piece in its colonial and postcolonial modernity, whereas Delhi’s modernity, such as it is, is at odds with its medieval past
You lose your city if you refuse to venture into the unfamiliar to find the familiar
In Delhi, everyone has a baap who has their back. Mumbai has the godlier bappa to turn to ten days a year
The differences between Delhi and Mumbai are at time codified through clothing
'In Delhi, we used to do rehearsals; we worked on character, voice. In Mumbai, it was about completing one job and finding the next one,' notes an actor
The food of Old Delhi serves as a living archive of memories—both personal and collective
While proximity to south Mumbai has made the neighbourhood increasingly unaffordable for the sex workers with small commercial units coming in, the government has been pushing for redevelopment—euphemism for gentrification.
The show is a tug of war between two uber-privileged cliques—the Mumbai and Delhi groups—each arguing that neither of them is one. Both sides maintain tight, territorial impulses.
Mumbai is all of a piece in its colonial and postcolonial modernity, whereas Delhi’s modernity, such as it is, is at odds with its medieval past
You lose your city if you refuse to venture into the unfamiliar to find the familiar
In Delhi, everyone has a baap who has their back. Mumbai has the godlier bappa to turn to ten days a year
The differences between Delhi and Mumbai are at time codified through clothing
A multitude of secrets hide in Delhi’s bosom. A few have been uncovered over time
'In Delhi, we used to do rehearsals; we worked on character, voice. In Mumbai, it was about completing one job and finding the next one,' notes an actor
The food of Old Delhi serves as a living archive of memories—both personal and collective
While proximity to south Mumbai has made the neighbourhood increasingly unaffordable for the sex workers with small commercial units coming in, the government has been pushing for redevelopment—euphemism for gentrification.
Chandni Chowk is being usurped by a redevelopment model that will wipe out its unique blend of history, culture and commerce
The most imaginative chronicles of Mumbai’s 'spirit' come to us from the city’s poets
In a city continuously grappling for space, lovers have found their own pockets of expression jostling against one another
Street photography isn’t just about catching a fleeting moment of action. It’s about patience—waiting for that instance when the subject is oblivious to the fact that the photographer is there.
It weighs heavily on the stillness of the empty streets in the centuries-old town of Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, where clashes with police over yet another ‘mandir-masjid’ dispute led to the deaths of local Muslim men
What is about the Adivasis of Jharkhand that prevents the saffron lotus from blooming or even taking root, unlike in the Adivasi-majority seats of Chhattisgarh and Odisha where the BJP did exceedingly well in the past few years?
The tables have turned on the original harbingers of communal politics in Maharashtra
With ‘Jatt ki Jet, Gujjar The Great’ written on the windshields, and Vodka on the fuel-tank lid, we can’t be expected to be idling the engine.
