In an honest and engaging interview, seven-time Grammy award nominated musician, Anoushka Shankar talks about what went behind making her new EP, ‘Love Letters’
Ahmedabad’s Ritz Hotel was razed in 1989. Now, its cuisine is being revived
The city’s second oldest hotel was known for its exquisite Goan food that had Portuguese and English influences. It drew in luminaries that included the former Netherlands Ambassador to India and international cricket teams
This collection of miniature paintings gives a peek into the sensuality of 16th-19th century Indian art
It’s the book art connoisseurs cannot get enough of—Court & Courtship features a collection of miniature paintings from erudite textile collector-couple, Praful and Shilpa Shah’s TAPI collection, and is a window into the bold, sensual representation in 16th-19th century art
Blood and Beehives: Culinary Ingenuity of the Marginalised
Dalit recipes tell a brutal history of caste oppression in India where food was used to maintain existing power structures
A Suitable Boy: In conversation with Mira Nair
BBC Television series: The veteran filmmaker talks about the making of Vikram Seth’s literary tome, ‘A Suitable Boy’ adapted for screen
The first Indian to own a restaurant in Britain
In 2018, a hand-written menu re-surfaced from obscurity and made headlines. Auctioned for $11,344, the 200-year-old leaflet bearing cursive script belonged to Sake Dean Mahomed’s Hindoostane Coffee House (1810)
At Home with Kalki Koechlin
Kalki Koechlin invites me to her home and talks about things closest to her
Indian Drag King Bidisha Mohanta Upends Gender Norms
Homosexuality only became legal in India in 2018, yet the queer drag king known as Bidishah is already shattering stereotypes and binaries around masculinity and femininity
Meet Anya Chalotra, the Indian origin lead actor in Netflix's The Witcher
The new Netflix drama is touted to be the next Game of Thrones. Here, Vogue speaks to Anya Chalotra, the 24-year-old set to play a leading role in the show
An Epic Reminder
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ongoing exhibition explores the depiction of the epic, ‘Ramayana’ in 17th-19th century Pahari and Rajput art traditions
The Immortality of Absence
Artworks left behind by artists who have passed on serve as quiet vestiges, revealing facets of an artist’s lived life or demeanor. Their ghosts, therefore, remain in our presence, forever etched in our collective memory
On a Wider Canvas
Exhibitions to mark in your calendar: From Mrinalini Mukherjee’s eccentric organic sculptures—to Pakistani artist Salman Toor’s Indian debut; there is much to look forward to in the coming six months
Living to tell the tale
Sotheby’s first-ever Mumbai auction features works by modernists, including a rare piece by Amrita Sher-Gil
When the moon shone on Chandni Chowk
From Dhaula Kuan to Siri Fort, the stories behind the names of Delhi localities provide an insight into the history of the megapolis
The Afghan Christian refugees of Delhi
Forced out of their country for fear of persecution, this small community has found a home in the city. They are, however, considered ‘kafir’ by their own people
The Day the Music Died
The then Information and Broadcasting minister of India found the Bollywood songs too vulgar, and an opportunist Radio Ceylon stepped in to create the legendary film songs’ countdown, ‘Binaca Geetmala’
A unique university in Rajasthan is teaching women how to fly
Banasthali Vidyapith, an 83-year-old institution in Tonk district, trains women in aviation, nanotechnology and pharmacy
A corpse burner’s wrestling pit
There was a time when upper-caste ‘pehelwans’ wrestled in the ‘akhada’ that belonged to the low-caste Dom community
The unseen Dom women
Within Varanasi’s community of corpse-burners, the Dom women remain absent from public spaces
A day in the life of a corpse-burner
‘When I was 13 years old, I began drinking. It was the only way I wouldn’t faint from the smell of melting flesh,’ says Gagan Chaudhary, a corpse-burner