Borders and Belonging
New Indian Expressby Deepa Natarajan Lobo30 Aug 2026
For years, artist Arpana Caur shared books by her mother, celebrated Punjabi writer Ajeet Cour, with filmmaker Gurvinder Singh.
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top 30%A matter of leaving
New Indian Expressby Saurabh Sharma30 Aug 2026
The first English translation of the first novel in Angika, Abha Purbey’s Gulabiya, originally titled Nai Baat, explores the lives of women in rural and semi-urban areas, and their struggles for...
The Boeing breakdown
New Indian Expressby Mohd Shehwaaz Khan30 Aug 2026
On June 12, 2025, Air India Flight AI 171, flying from Ahmedabad to London, crashed just 32 seconds after take-off, killing 260 people.
How textures, light and scent are redefining the luxury bathroom
New Indian Expressby Sayoni Bhaduri30 Aug 2026
The bathroom has at last graduated from utility room to private sanctuary. For today’s luxury homeowner, it is as much about mood, material, and ritual as it is about baths and ablutions.
The Irony of Reykjavík
New Indian Expressby Kalpana Sunder30 Aug 2026
Arriving in Reykjavik, Iceland, the northerly capital of the land of fire and ice, one immediately notices the vibrant buildings of corrugated metal in different styles from Victorian to Art Deco.
The Burdens We Carry
New Indian Expressby Preeti Shenoy30 Aug 2026
It was while drinking my morning tea in Govindghat, Uttarakhand, that I saw the massive bamboo basket with thick straps. Curious, I asked the shopkeeper what it was for.
Love in the time of Hindutva
New Indian Expressby Iram Ara Ibrahim30 Aug 2026
Majoritarian politics has been on the rise over the last few decades in India. Amidst this dominating push, one of the issues constantly brought up by the advocates of Hindutva ideology is that of...
The Way to Make Life a Celebration
New Indian Expressby Mata Amritanandamayi30 Aug 2026
Children, Lord Krishna was a multi-faceted personality: He bequeathed to the world the Bhagavad Gita, re-established dharma, and was an astute political strategist.
Another Tribal Success Story
New Indian Expressby Rishabh Thakur30 Aug 2026
The Northeast is on a cultural offensive. Textiles, music and food, once exotic and even inaccessible, have logged into national trends.
The Alchemy of Meditation
New Indian Expressby Swami Mukundananda30 Aug 2026
It [meditation] is like the sculptor chipping away all that is not divine in us. This process involves the purification of the body, mind, and intellect, which serves as the foundation for entering...
The Mystery of the ‘Insult’ is Being Exposed by Irreverence as Resistance
New Indian Expressby Ravi Shankar30 Aug 2026
One man’s insult is another man’s joke and vice versa. Today, punishing the “insult” using state machinery is par for the course.
Missing Kerala girl rescued from Odisha after 2,000-km police chase
New Indian Expressby Abhirami Anil29 Aug 2026
It was around midnight. A Kerala Police team stopped its vehicle on a deserted road in Odisha’s Ganjam district. Beyond them lay a forested stretch with just a handful of houses.
Nepal flash flood toll climbs to 675; rescuers race against time amid fears of further flooding
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk29 Aug 2026
The death toll in Nepal's devastating flash floods climbed to 675 on Saturday as rescuers continued to recover bodies, while renewed rainfall and rising water levels heightened fears of further...
K-shaped shopping basket in two-speed economy
New Indian Expressby Shankkar Aiyar29 Aug 2026
It could be coincidence, correlation or causation. The chief executives of six of India’s largest packaged-goods and retail companies—Hindustan Unilever, Nestlé, Britannia, Godrej Consumer...
Trouble with books that know too much, or too little
New Indian Expressby Santwana Bhattacharya29 Aug 2026
There is something rather amusing about the latest controversy over Sonia Gandhi’s memoir. A book that has not yet appeared in India has already acquired a readership, a controversy, and thus a...
Modi's great game: Friends, freedom, power
New Indian Expressby Prabhu Chawla29 Aug 2026
The real test of power is not whether the powerful want someone’s friendship; it is whether they can live with one’s independence.
FMCG bigwigs vie for a bite of petcare market
New Indian Expressby Dipak Mondal29 Aug 2026
India’s pet care market is emerging as an increasingly attractive opportunity for consumer companies, with rising pet ownership, higher spending on nutrition and healthcare, premiumisation and the...
Why SC order on OBC creamy layer has rollout issues
New Indian Expressby Mukesh Ranjan29 Aug 2026
Five months after the Supreme Court categorically ruled that parental income alone cannot decide the creamy layer status of an Other Backward Class (OBC) candidate, the Centre went back to it...
India bets on private industry to build missile stockpiles
New Indian Expressby Javaria Rana29 Aug 2026
For close to six decades, the route a DRDO missile travelled from a test range at Chandipur to a frontline regiment was effectively predetermined.
'Was completely shocked' — T20 World Cup winning captain Suryakumar Yadav opens up on his sacking
New Indian Expressby Express News Service29 Aug 2026
CHENNAI: Former India and T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav expressed his shock and disappointment at being removed from the position months after winning the T20 World Cup for the country.