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Go, Goa, Zanzibar

New Indian Express2d ago

If Goa evokes feni, fish curry and susegad in the public imagination, Selma Carvalho’s book, Guts, Glory and Empire: The Epic Story of Goans in Zanzibar 1865-1910, is a timely invitation to look...

Every man is an island

New Indian Express2d ago

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...

Crossing Her Bass Line

New Indian Express2d ago

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 Express2d ago

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...

Flavours of Delhi

New Indian Express2d ago

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...