Articles

India vs South Africa Was a Reminder of the Beauty Of A Low-Scoring Cricket Match

The low-scoring game between India and South Africa was a brilliant endorsement of good old ODI cricket. It was, in the truest sense, a fair contest between bat and ball — the way cricket was always meant to be played.

Hardik Rajgor March 25, 2016

Bollywood

How DeepVeer Made a Top Secret Wedding a Public Spectacle

Like any other “low-key Konkani wedding”, DeepVeer’s wedding involved guests taking a boat and climbing up a hill in custom Sabyasachi while innumerable patrolling boats kept paparazzi at bay. The clincher, the couple’s no-picture rule.

Arré Bench March 25, 2016

Earth

“We Didn’t Start the Fire”

Mumbai’s mountain of waste, the Deonar dumping ground, is a source of livelihood for ragpickers and scrap dealers. Why then, would they start a blaze that scorches their homes?

Karanjeet Kaur March 24, 2016

Vice

My Mind-Bending Experiments with Ayahuasca

A dose of the psychedelic drink ayahuasca sent me on a wild trip. I felt that the creepy anxiety would never end and that I would remain trapped forever in the heart of madness.

Acid Cat March 24, 2016

People

Munshi Premchand: The Aam Aadmi’s Author

Premchand’s characters are out there; they still make up most of India and are routinely mentioned in election speeches. But their Premchand is missing.

Gaganjeet Singh March 24, 2016

Gender

An Officer and a Transgender

To become India’s first transgender police officer, K Prithika Yashini had to pass a tough exam – that of ascertaining and sticking with her gender identity.

Sandhya Ravishankar March 24, 2016

Culture

Manto: The Seer Who Knew Every Prostitute and Pimp in Town

Manto’s stories can broadly be divided into two sections: the ones about Partition, and the ones about Mumbai. The latter are the ones I admire the most, when he wrote about the dingy alleys of the city, where prostitutes, pimps, and decent men met, their dreams and desires in tow and humanity intact.

Manik Sharma March 24, 2016

Sports

Steve Smith is Back and It’s Like He Never Left

After a year in the wilderness, Steve Smith made his return to Test cricket amid adverse conditions, an intimidating crowd, a world-class bowling attack operating at their best, and a batting collapse to steady. The conditions were less than ideal, but Smith’s two centuries made it look like he had never left.

Parth Pandya March 24, 2016

Pop Culture

Arré Checklist: The Porn Stars We’d Love to See in Bollywood

Mia Malkova, who debuts in RGV’s God, Sex and Truth, is the second adult entertainer to enter mainstream Bollywood. At least three other stars ought to make their way to Mumbai’s shores.

Damian D'souza March 24, 2016

Culture

Tam Brahm Weddings: The Holy Union of Boredom and Bananas

We live in a time when the nation has joyfully adopted Karan Johar’s vision of the ultimate shaadi. But when everyone else has boarded the party bus, the Tam Brahm prefers endless agarbatti-fuelled ceremonies, Bharatnatyam, and a lunch of rice and sambar.

Kahini Iyer March 24, 2016