Among the cops wielding long bamboo sticks on the evening of December 15 near Jamia Millia Islamia were men with their faces hidden behind helmet visors and face masks and scarves. Some of the men were in uniform — quite a few were in mufti, wearing jeans and t-shirts. “Why…

Notes on the concert, Within the Flow — Improvised music by Pascal Sieger (alto saxophone) and Yashas Shetty (electronics) at the Bangalore International Centre, November 20, 2019 When I moved to Bengaluru a decade and a half ago, I’d trek the length of the Double Road in Domlur every weekday…

I have subscribed to the Bangalore International Centre mailing list and in they come every morning, those automated mails, to remind me of the wide world of knowledge that is swerving past me. I look at those enticing topics of films and talks and exhibits and think yes, I should…

Rafael drives a Datsun and goes exactly 20 metres ahead of the pick-up point. He’s very sure that it was just 20 metres: No, no, I stopped where the map voice chechi told me to stop at exactly zero and I was paying attention to the countdown and I know…

When Rehana’s story began in Nandini Oza’s Whither Justice: Stories of Women in Prison, I was already dreading where it would lead. It couldn’t possibly go anywhere good. …

(Not everyone spends their time hanging out in cool places with cool people) Monday Wake up to general feeling of uselessness. The temperature is 34 degrees. The Google weather frog is looking chill under the sun. I walk out of the house and reel under the heat. And the humidity…