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Profile of a dancer: Malavika Sarukkai at the top of her game
Dance is a beautiful and holistic way to access Indian culture. Here is a profile of a dancer at the top of her art. Twenty minutes before the world premiere of her latest production, The Battle Within, Malavika Sarukkai, ‘India’s greatest living dancer’ according to pre-eminent art critic B N Goswamy, stands alone in her green room, warming up.
In times of turmoil, choose fear or embrace life
In times of great turmoil like the one we are experiencing now, there are two ways to live. You can choose fear, or you can embrace life.
27 things to do at home during a lockdown
Realise that you are witnessing history in the making, however uncomfortable it may be.
Korean Pop and how it made Aunty Jasleen dance
The writer loved the neighbourhood aunty with that unabashed sincerity of starving little kids who saw sunshine in a samosa and rainbows in the raw mango slices she fed
In residence at Vana
All of the diverse individuals mentioned will stay at Vana for different durations of time, in order to share their offerings in a meaningful way with in-house Vanavasis.
How to make friends across religious (or racial) boundaries
Differences vanish when you embrace a person’s humanity. A large part of it is the ability to form connections over the differences.
Do marriages last because spouses value inertia over action?
Could it be that a marriage lasts because both spouses value what they have more than what they give up?
What’s ahead for luxury brands? India Today Cover Story
Luxury in 2020.
I have been invited to Paris Book Fair 2020
I will be at the Paris Book Fair
In conversation with Devdutt Pattnaik
About his new book at the Times Litt Fest. On Saturday the 8th from 5 to 6 PM
All you need is love and homely to make a wedding
When you move you can duplicate many aspects of your homeland. But you cannot recreate your relatives!
Manresa and fresh California cuisine for Sommelier India
Manresa is huge in California and indeed the US. I dined there with my daughter recently. It was a celebratory meal. I wrote about it for my latest column for Sommelier India.