Laila aur Mahdi ki kahaani

Saturday February 8 2025

the advisory

Culture

Laila aur Mahdi ki kahaani

Here’s all the weird and wonderful things to expect from this year’s flagship India Art Fair.

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.

An excellent playlist that celebrates being unhitched—just in time for the V-Day madness.

How a billionaire gained control over a city’s real estate—under the guise of slum redevelopment.

India has suspended the Indus Water Treaty and threatened to disrupt Pakistan’s water supply.

New data suggests a distant planet may host alien life—but is the biosignature a load of bs?

In part two, we look at the mainstreaming of the Manosphere—and its spread to our shores.