The art of giving
New Indian Expressby Manish Mishra23 Aug 2026
A sibling is your built-in best friend, partner in crime, keeper of secrets—and occasional nemesis.
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top 46%Measuring Beyond the Machine
New Indian Expressby Rishabh Thakur23 Aug 2026
The scale had little to complain about. When Manish Arora was 60 years he weighed 81.6 kg. His BMI was 25.4—hardly a number that would set off alarm bells. His waist, however, measured 106 cm.
Every man is an island
New Indian Expressby Mohd Shehwaaz Khan23 Aug 2026
If Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart went into the disintegration of an alcoholic mother, then his latest book, John of John, digs into the half-life of a father whose repressed emotions, much like...
Something on the Side
New Indian Expressby Anjali Awasthi23 Aug 2026
For 26-year-old digital marketer Karishma Pramanik, the first sign that she was bored of her own routine came in the form of a Metro stop she had never used before.
A Herd Day’s Night
New Indian Expressby Khursheed Shah23 Aug 2026
About an hour after sunset, the countryside around Odisha’s Kantamila village belongs entirely to the frogs. Their chorus swells from every direction during the monsoon.
Prithu’s Cow, Ashoka’s Lion
New Indian Expressby Devdutt Pattanaik23 Aug 2026
About a thousand years ago, when Rajasekhar wrote his discourse on poetry, the Kavya Mimansa, Aryavarta stretched from the Himalayas down to the Vindhya mountains, bounded on the east and west by...
Exercise Snacking Works
New Indian Expressby Anjali Awasthi23 Aug 2026
Forget the hour-long gym session. Exercise snacking is all about short bursts of physical activity—anywhere from 30 seconds to five minutes—sprinkled through the day.
Leveraging the Power of Attitude
New Indian Expressby Swami Sukhabodhananda23 Aug 2026
Attitude creates altitudes in life. What should be one’s attitude towards oneself and others? In Sanskrit, there are two related words: mitra and maitri.
Crossing Her Bass Line
New Indian Expressby Wriddhaayan Bhattacharyya23 Aug 2026
For Nilanjana Ghosh Dastidar, playback singing began almost as an afterthought. She was a bassist in AR Rahman’s band when, during a trip to Florida, Rahman asked her to sing a scratch track.
A Matter of Perspective
New Indian Expressby Medha Dutta Yadav23 Aug 2026
Stand close to one of Savya Jain’s paintings, and the surface begins to reveal itself in fragments—marks beneath marks, pigment interrupted by pigment, gestures that seem to have been erased but...
Tamil Nadu’s Vijay Model Could Be India’s Political Disruption
New Indian Expressby Ravi Shankar23 Aug 2026
There is a problem with praising politicians. They are treated like gods until their inevitable fallibility becomes a joke.
In Search of Black Gold
New Indian Expressby Teja Lele23 Aug 2026
A round a freshly dug hole at Beltana Farm, the knobbly black truffle is passed from hand to hand. Only moments earlier, it was hidden beneath the roots of an oak tree.
Rolling With the Punches
New Indian Expressby Ahmed Mir23 Aug 2026
At five in the morning, hours before the Under-15 Asian Boxing Championships final began in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Mohammad Yasser was awake, thinking about the mistakes he had made in the...
Flavours of Delhi
New Indian Expressby Tej Prakash Bhardwaj23 Aug 2026
Delhi’s street food is rarely about restraint. It’s quick, spicy, and generous with flavours. Upstairs, a new members-only jazz and martini bar at The Lodhi, takes these familiar flavours and...
All the suite things
New Indian Expressby Sana Krishna23 Aug 2026
When John Jacob Astor IV opened the first St. Regis in New York in 1904, he introduced more than another grand hotel.
Keeping Company With Trees
New Indian Expressby Sheila Kumar23 Aug 2026
Studies have repeatedly shown that being near trees lowers our blood pressure, slows our heart rate and reduces stress hormones; the activity cuts down cortisol, the main chemical our body makes in...
The Fearless Generation
New Indian Expressby Medha Dutta Yadav23 Aug 2026
A new India has taken to the streets. And more are coming to take on the establishment. The older generation is worried—and more so because Gen Alpha has caught on and is following the lead of Gen...
Gagging the Digital Jester
New Indian Expressby Anand Neelakantan23 Aug 2026
The conventional press, sustained by the pelf of government-sponsored advertisements, has devolved into a congregation of chanting devotees.
Count No One Happy Until They Die
New Indian Expressby Gaurav Yadav23 Aug 2026
Croesus was an extremely wealthy king who ruled in Lydia. In fact, people often said ‘as rich as Croesus’ to describe someone who was very wealthy.
Decoding the Mystery of Life
New Indian Expressby Atul Sehgal23 Aug 2026
Most of us ordinary folks find the subjects of God, spirituality and metaphysics esoteric and hard to understand.