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The keepers of sacred wood
The keepers of sacred wood

By Dipti Singh

In Vasai’s Giriz village, the Sequeira brothers have become torchbearers of a sculpting tradition born when their grandfather, a humble carpenter, first carved the face of Jesus Christ

In Vasai’s Giriz village, the Sequeira brothers have become torchbearers of a sculpting tradition born when their grandfather, a humble carpenter, first carved the face of Jesus Christ

The para talent is ready. The infrastructure isn’t
The para talent is ready. The infrastructure isn’t

By Nisrin Saria

As World Disability Day, observed on December 3, casts a spotlight on accessibility and inclusion, Mumbai’s para athletes and cricketers are engineering their own pathways to excellence despite a city that still makes them fight for every inch of ground

As World Disability Day, observed on December 3, casts a spotlight on accessibility and inclusion, Mumbai’s para athletes and cricketers are engineering their own pathways to excellence despite a city that still makes them fight for every inch of ground

The Progressives, again
The Progressives, again

By Vivek Menezes

Even as three talented heirs stride beyond the nonpareil legacy of their grandparents, they, like everyone else, are still parsing the potent vocabulary of the works that continue to dominate the Indian art world

Even as three talented heirs stride beyond the nonpareil legacy of their grandparents, they, like everyone else, are still parsing the potent vocabulary of the works that continue to dominate the Indian art world

City libraries turn their own pages
City libraries turn their own pages

By Jane Borges

With dwindling memberships, rising costs and shrinking attention spans, Mumbai’s oldest and youngest reading rooms are working to reinvent themselves through community programmes and sheer perseverance

With dwindling memberships, rising costs and shrinking attention spans, Mumbai’s oldest and youngest reading rooms are working to reinvent themselves through community programmes and sheer perseverance

When danger lurks outside the school gate
When danger lurks outside the school gate

By Apoorva Agashe, Aditi Thakur, Anamika Gharat, Sameer Surve

Despite the injuries, the deaths, and the daily mayhem, the city has done almost nothing to make schoolchildren feel safer

Despite the injuries, the deaths, and the daily mayhem, the city has done almost nothing to make schoolchildren feel safer

The fast food-ification of myth

By Devdutt Pattanaik

The popularity of Roll Number 21 highlights the popularity of simplified, bite-sized “mytho-fiction”. But when we serve myths like McNuggets, do we hollow out their meaning?

The popularity of Roll Number 21 highlights the popularity of simplified, bite-sized “mytho-fiction”. But when we serve myths like McNuggets, do we hollow out their meaning?

Who will shape Maharashtra’s next chapter?

By Jane Borges

Armed with degrees, grit, and political conviction, the state’s youth leaders are pushing hard to make their mark in a crowded electoral season

Armed with degrees, grit, and political conviction, the state’s youth leaders are pushing hard to make their mark in a crowded electoral season

Cracking the Korea code
Cracking the Korea code

By Anand.Holla

As filmmakers across Asia, Africa and the Arab world rethink their place in global cinema, one question looms large: how do you build the kind of cultural wave South Korea sent sweeping across the world?

As filmmakers across Asia, Africa and the Arab world rethink their place in global cinema, one question looms large: how do you build the kind of cultural wave South Korea sent sweeping across the world?

Growing up, two ways

By Shweta.Shiware

Two releases land on the same day, both shaped by transition. One follows its characters growing up on screen, the other returns to Mayo College at 150 and turns school codes into adult clothes

Two releases land on the same day, both shaped by transition. One follows its characters growing up on screen, the other returns to Mayo College at 150 and turns school codes into adult clothes

Writing the city that wrote him
Writing the city that wrote him

By Jane Borges

As poet-novelist Jeet Thayil turns publisher, he confronts the city of Mumbai that shaped his prose and his past

As poet-novelist Jeet Thayil turns publisher, he confronts the city of Mumbai that shaped his prose and his past

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