Pop X highbrow: The best classical crossovers

Saturday January 11 2025

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Pop X highbrow: The best classical crossovers

Skip the screen for the stage with these ten plays—featuring tales of totalitarianism and tenderness.

Analina Sanyal introduces us to handia—a desi rice liquor a bit like soju or sake.

We pick the best new book releases for your reading pleasure.

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

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.