the advisory
Saturday January 11 2025
the advisory
Culture
Skip the screen for the stage with these ten plays—featuring tales of totalitarianism and tenderness.
the advisorythe advisorySkip the screen for the stage with these ten plays—featuring tales of totalitarianism and tenderness.
Pop X highbrow: The best classical crossovers
read
Anushree Kaushal is back with her always popular reading challenge for the year.
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Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan curates the ultimate reading list for long breaks.
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A wonderful list of true crime books—featuring absinthe smugglers who come bearing flowers.
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travel
A list of themed walking tours that will make you want to wear your shoes and step out.
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Shirin Mehrotra offers an excellent guide to eating your way through Istanbul.
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Get ready for a colourful, hectic and delectable guide to the bustling capital.
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Poulomi Das offers a guide to the other Goa—far from the madding crowds of the usual beach bars.
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watch
Here’s the splainer team’s recommended list of new releases to binge-watch.
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Here’s the splainer team’s recommended list of new releases to binge-watch. Plus the team’s favs.
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Here’s the splainer team’s recommended list of new releases to binge-watch.
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Here’s the splainer team’s recommended list of new releases to binge-watch.
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listen
The splainer team has a fantastic list of podcasts of varied hobbies to help you get started!
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An excellent NYE playlist that has you covered from pregame to after-party winding down.
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Narendra Kusnur offers a festive dive into Christmas carols—and their unusual origin stories.
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buy
The Souk team’s holiday gift guide offers a twist on the usual, ho-hum holiday fare.
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Here’s a very useful list of the best places to buy fab sourdough bread in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.
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This holiday guide is a sneak peek of Souk—the next, most amazing thing from splainer.
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Here's how the man who killed Jessica is now positioning himself as a global liquor baron.
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We take a closer look at the state of Indian tourism—and key facts lost in the heated debate.
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The Jeju crash claimed 179 lives. It is among the worst aviation disasters in Korean history.
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The first great political firefight of 2025 will centre on the Muslim tradition of donating property to God.
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