LIFESTYLE

When Care Is Not Enough: Aging, Agency, and the Changing Meaning of Family in Contemporary India

Recently I watched the 2026 Bollywood film “Dadi Ki Shaadi” (Grandmother’s Wedding), a satirical portrayal…

Before Dawn at Balijhudi Market: A Tribute to Odisha Handloom Traditions That are Waiting for the World to Discover

7th August was declared the first National Handloom Day in 2015 by Prime Minister Modi…

Shithousery: Why the Rest of Latin America Hates ‘Racist’ and ‘Arrogant’ Argentina

The sentiment of many Latin American football fans rooting against Argentina—often summarized in social media…

Sushi,  My Friend — The Black Labrador Who Taught Me More About Emotional Connection Than Anyone Else

“They should watch out for you, o eater of insects. One snap of those jaws…

Complexion Of The Game: Colored Children Of The Colonized World Are The Pride Of World Football

What is the most striking question the FIFA World Cup throws at us today? Not…

The Sound of Silence: Soma Mukhopadhyay, a Mother Who Figured Out What Nonverbal Autistic Children Can Actually Tell Us

The story of the Rapid Prompting Method begins not in a university laboratory or a…

The Anatomy of Heroic Defeat: Why Vozinha of Cape Verde is the True Hero of 2026 FIFA World Cup

The story of Josimar José Évora Dias—known to the world simply as Vozinha—at the 2026…

Secret Lives of Parents: ’The Whistler’ is a Testament to Ann Patchett’s Mastery of Setting and Sensory Detail

I first picked up Ann Patchett’s latest novel, “The Whistler,” because of its cover: a…

Visiting Iceland Where People Think They Will Be Cursed if They Don’t Believe in Fairies, Elves, and Trolls

On 19th June, 2026, the front desk manager at the hotel Reykjavik Natura greeted me…

In Saint-Tropez, a Coastal Town on the French Riviera, ‘I Have Just Discovered Happiness,’ to Quote Painter Paul Signac

We boarded a Riviera Lines ferry from Golfe-Juan to Saint-Tropez, France, via Île Sainte-Marguerite and…

‘Fieldwork as a Sex Object’: Meena Kandasamy’s Darkly Comic Reckoning with Digital Misogyny of Fictional ‘Hindu Incels’

Meena Kandasamy’s latest novel, “Fieldwork as a Sex Object,” published by Brazen Books in May…

Could the Knicks Win the Championship? The Last Time They Won Progressive Hinduism Didn’t Even Exist

In 2014, as a part-time liaison to Upper East Side’s Assemblymember Dan Quart, I went…