A reading list with Khusrau’s riddles, a queer love story, Hakeem’s incessant hiccups, and other gems.
A guide to an iconic form of theatre rooted in opera—and made famous by Broadway.
Ramzan Mubarak: A delicious list for Iftar
A visual guide to the life and works of India’s first woman photographer.
Here’s the splainer team’s recommended list of new releases to binge-watch.
We pick the best new book releases for your reading pleasure.
A list of plays about the dreams of those who hope to be more than they're told to be
From Dalit sci-fi to space opera and Korean folklore, enjoy this list of wildly speculative scenarios.
Love is complicated, contentious and contradictory—as these novels, memoirs and analyses reveal.
Treks, pottery, Tibetan thalis, cricket and even indie cinema. Kangra has it all.
Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan offers an insider guide to Berlin—the first in a fab new ‘un-tourist’ series.
Cycle around town, hit the museums, and sample the largest meal ever—at Joanna’s Copenhagen.
A list of themed walking tours that will make you want to wear your shoes and step out.
A kickass Holi party playlist—without the thakka suspects like ‘Rang Barse’.
The splainer team curates the best new global beats of the past month.
From culinary histories to celebs on their ghar ka khana, here’s our list of fave food podcasts.
Classical is Classical, and Jazz is Jazz. And when the twain meet, they make sweet, sweet music.
A good-looking, hardy handbag (or wallet) is hard to come by. Happily we have a tried and tested list for you.
An excellent list of premixes, masalas, and pastes that will make you a culinary queen/king.
The Souk team’s holiday gift guide offers a twist on the usual, ho-hum holiday fare.
Here’s a very useful list of the best places to buy fab sourdough bread in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.
The universe may collapse in a ‘big crunch’. If confirmed, it would upend known laws of physics.
Welcome to Trumpworld, where big boys rule, democracy wobbles and small nations get tossed.
We explain how and why Trump is tearing apart the world—going far beyond tough talk.
The Trump administration has been itching for a showdown over Ukraine—and more broadly Europe.