Saturday April 22 2023

the advisory

Travel

48 hours In Calcutta

An amusing account of Thomas Roe in India, from Nandini Das’ ‘Courting India’.

Check out Champaca’s Book of the Month and the top recommendations from their shelves.

Here’s the splainer team’s recommended list of new releases to binge-watch.

A Humming Heart recommends the best new indie music for your weekend playlist.

Who we are, what we aim to do—and why you’re paying for this damn sub.

The government’s obsession with a golden sceptre may be a clever election and/or Hindutva play.

A UK report lays bare the abuse of tea workers—who still work like indentured plantation slaves.

We look at what this new citadel of Indian democracy looks like–and why so many people are unhappy with it.