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Saturday December 3 2022

the advisory

Travel

An insider guide to Havelock Island

Team Champaca profiles their book of the month and a lovely list of essay collections.

Filmmaker Udita Bhargava shares her December watchlist—plus our weekly recommendations.

A fab curated playlist by singer-songwriter Jaimin Rajani.

The interesting history of Lucknow's beautifully famous textile, Chikankari.

The declining number of foreign tourists has caused panic. The boa constrictor in the room? Smog.

We cut through mythmaking around the man who presided over the not-so ‘golden age of Tamils’.

We can’t afford to give up Russian oil or weapons without enduring some serious self-harm.

Modi-ji visited Tamil Nadu this weekend, but the spotlight was on Rajendra Chola, Hindu pride’s new poster king.