Amrita Shah
How Mumbai became Bombay in 2008 and what it means for us
In travel literature, Mumbai is commonly referred to as the ‘Gateway of India’.
Nothing seems normal anymore. In the red glare of the television footage you see scenes that belong to no place you know. And yet you know it so well.
A creative medium that once united the country is now under attack, being rendered less effective as glue
The city needs to reach into its past for a wiser, more accommodative self
The city needs to reach into its past for a wiser, more accommodative self
The way the financial crisis has been covered in the American mainstream media says something for that country’s extreme...
The Vogue photoshoot treats poverty as wallpaper and makes manifest what we keep trying to forget.
In his novel 1984, George Orwell drew a terrifying picture of an approaching totalitarian era in which every individual would be spied upon...
It is not generally recalled that Ahmedabad is one of India’s oldest surviving cities.
Given how freely the word is used it would appear that miracles are not as uncommon a phenomenon as one would...
Ram Gopal Varma’s reputation has been under threat for a while now.
By hitting out at the IPL cheerleaders, Maharashtra’s MLAs seem to have sparked off yet another instalment in our long-running debate...
In an environment that encourages the promotion of self over community, Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia’s decision to opt out of the Olympic t
What is Goa? If you read Maria Aurora Couto’s elegiac tribute, Goa: A Daughter’s Story, it is a land of red mud and green foliage.
The formation of the Indian Premier League has caused quite a stir.
Raj Thackeray’s controversy may or may not blow over but, sadly, the outsider issue will again surface.
The giant kite is stretched across the façade of a low-storeyed building.
The arrest of 14 people in the recent case involving the molestation of two women outside...
Giving could be the new taking. Get acquainted with e-clutter and mobulimia. And yes, blue might just be the new green.
It seems a fair assessment to make, that till about a decade ago, those of us living in the urban west in India were reasonably...
The manner in which Taslima Nasreen has had to be shunted from city to city over the last few days is a matter of shame.
Last week Mumbai played host to the Urban Age Conference, one of a worldwide series initiated by the Cities Programme...
How does Srija’s, Priyanka’s stories fit in with news of our modernity? Examine urban India’s cultural make up.
Twenty20 to Indian Idol: ‘Chak De India’ puts the public mood in touch with the spectacle
