The future of food is ants, beetle larvae and mealworms
The Boochi Project at the Serendipity Arts Festival challenges food taboos by taking insect-led gastronomy from yuck to yum
Culture & Society
In 2024, Indian cinema’s demure leading ladies entered their brat era
Internet culture has us convinced we have lived through a ‘brat’ summer and a ‘demure’ fall in 2024—but that also extended to Indian cinema
Bollywood movies are re-releasing in theatres by the dozen. Is it nostalgia or slim pickings?
Our nostalgia for old films might be about more than just returning to the comfort of a certain joyful, simpler time in our own lives
Would you buy a house worth 120 crores on… Instagram?
According to a study, the real estate market in India has grown a whopping 250% between 2018 and 2023. That statistic is mirrored everywhere one looks—even on Instagram
Arooj Aftab and the cult of sad girl music
Pop girl summer be gone, we are yearning for melancholic, introspective, emo songs this season
A timeline of how female friendships in Indian cinema went from “frenemy” to “sisterhood”
We trace the evolution of the “womance” in post-Independence Indian cinema through a few significant films per decade
Block out 2024: Should celebrities be held accountable for their silence during the humanitarian crisis in Gaza? | The Established
Blockout 2024 calls out celebs’ silence and exposes our one-sided obsession with them, as the genocide in Gaza played out in the backdrop of the Met Gala 2024
Cover Story: What India’s Jewish buildings have to say
Jewish-origin architecture in the country appears to advocate a community-led way of life. What’s unique is that the restoration and adaptive reuse of synagogues, hospitals and houses is often funded by people of other faiths
Vision 2024 | ‘Safe, judgement-free, equitable sexual health for all’: Dr Tanaya Narendra aka Dr Cuterus
Sexual health in India is a bag of paradoxes. Tanaya Narendra talks about the bag of paradoxes that is access to free and equal sexual health in India
Why do we let the death of a celebrity affect us so much?
Ever wondered why the death of celebrities—veritable strangers to us at the end of the day—significantly matter?
Thukral & Tagra’s ‘Sustaina India’ trains the spotlight on climate change
Can art do more than build awareness around climate change? This Delhi exhibition would like to find out
‘Bhanu Athaiya made India cool 60 years ago’
At a time when the conversation in the country is all about design, craft, textile and art, Prinseps’ new exhibition in Goa spotlights a creator who had nailed the brief decades ago
Cover Story: Writers’ retreats | Finding their muse, from Goa to Himachal
Retreats for writers are popular in India — with big-name mentors, masterclasses on the beach, and yoga and heritage walks to spur the imagination. But is there value beyond networking and bragging rights?
Jon Fosse and the tricky slope of relevance for the Nobel Prize
How do you react when an author you’ve literally never heard of before wins the most prestigious award in the world — with chagrin or curiosity?
What does the Humans of Bombay controversy say about art and profit motives?
After Humans of Bombay brought suit against People of India for copyright infringement, Humans of New York founder Brandon Stanton publicly highlighted the irony of a copycat account suing another copycat account. But when duplication is the MO of a laissez-faire Internet, how do we navigate lofty ideas of intellectual property?
From the runway to MTV: How supermodels took centre stage in the 1990s
As a new documentary series on the original Big 5 of the modelling world drops on Apple TV+ next week, here’s a look at the rise and fall of the supermodel era.
How the fusion of folk and electronic is renewing the tone for dance music in India
A league of electronic music producers and DJs are tapping into a moment where centuries-old Indian folk music is meeting beats of house and bass on the dance floor
Vision 2047: All genders should be able to occupy public spaces in India without fear of harassment
Jasmeen Patheja, founder of Blank Noise, and Elsa D’Silva, founder of SafeCity app, reflect on the roadmap to safety and equity in public spaces for everybody.
The DINK lifestyle has more advocates than ever. Why are modern couples choosing to be child-free?
To many, the “happily ever after” is unfathomable if you refute both social norms and the biological order
How relevant would street art be minus the power of social media?
In the age of the Internet, a viral moment for a work of street art is all it takes for it to get noticed. But how is art, today, more than just its potential to go viral?
Emmanuel Macron blamed video games for the violent riots in France. He isn’t the first one
Studies have repeatedly shown that the link between role-playing games, their storylines and the real-life behaviour exhibited by players is tenuous at best. Yet, video games continue to be blamed for real-life violence
The Harry Potter universe at 26: How one woman spawned an unlikely empire
In June 1997, JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was released. No one foresaw the worldwide brand it was about to become
Lust Stories 2 is testament to how the depiction of female desire in Bollywood has evolved—or not
Lusty women aren’t rare in Bollywood, but an accurate portrayal of what women really want is
The Archies in India: How a very American comic book became a major pop culture influence all the way here
As Zoya Akhtar’s 'The Archies' readies for release of Netflix, here’s a look at why Riverdale and its teenage residents have held our attention for at least half a century.
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