Popula

India

I stared at M, admiring his new post-lockdown haircut

Wherefore, qua, bonum: decrypting Indian legalese

A colonial hangover, or unrealised literary dreams

Jane Jacobs and Delhi’s lockdowns

the renewed relevance of 'eyes on the street' as the pandemic ebbs

My Three Lives in Delhi

Unlocking a city's mysteries.

Abroad: the distance between Calcutta and California

A poet's refusal to "translate"

Tall Man Out

A cultural history of Satyajit Ray’s height

A Kashmiri journalist on his recent detention

on World Press Freedom Day, Qazi Shibli reflects on his release, and the future of journalism in Kashmir

Men of Stone

The last practitioners of a traditional caste-based occupation

“A Tryst with Destiny”

On the broken promise of prosperity

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