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Jane Borges is a senior journalist, author and oral historian
Seeing Mumbai beyond skyline and landmarks | Mumbai news
Seeing Mumbai beyond skyline and landmarks | Mumbai news
As rapid infrastructure projects reshape cityscape, archivists, artists and researchers are preserving its built, living heritage before it disappears forever | Mumbai news
The poet who schooled a city
The poet who schooled a city
Unsung British artist who brought alive the city’s blooms on canvas | Mumbai news
Unsung British artist who brought alive the city’s blooms on canvas | Mumbai news
Dhwani Gudka and her gallerist husband Keshav Mahendru discovered Lady Strangman accidentally over two years ago, in London. | Mumbai news
How photographer Sunhil Sippy captures the soul of Mahalaxmi Racecourse in his new book 'Raceday'
How photographer Sunhil Sippy captures the soul of Mahalaxmi Racecourse in his new book 'Raceday'
Photographer-filmmaker Sunhil Sippy’s new coffee table book, Raceday, through a series of 150-odd photographs captures the environs of Mahalaxmi Racecourse
Actor-musician Imaad Shah on filmmaking and adapting Haruki Murakami's work in Tuesday Women
Actor-musician Imaad Shah on filmmaking and adapting Haruki Murakami's work in Tuesday Women
Imaad Shah’s new 28-minute debut short, Tuesday Women, had its world premiere at the Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (BAFICI)
The family script
The family script
Paresh Rawal and Aditya Rawal talk craft, clashes and the strange intimacy of making theatre across generations
Inside India’s multi-million dollar micro-drama industry
Inside India’s multi-million dollar micro-drama industry
A new wave of ultra-short, high-drama web shows is reshaping India’sentertainment landscape—drawing big stars, spawning fresh storytellers,and creating a booming industry
Forest law now turns on Warlis
Forest law now turns on Warlis
Mumbai’s new patrons of art
Mumbai’s new patrons of art
The record-setting Saffronart auction underscored India’s booming secondary art market, but it belies how in Mumbai, a younger generation of patrons, curators, and gallerists is quietly reshaping the scene from the ground up
Women’s protection laws multiply; justice still lags
Women’s protection laws multiply; justice still lags
Nearly 20 years after the Domestic Violence Act, survivors face the same delays, bias and neglect in India’s courts
Who will shape Maharashtra’s next chapter?
Who will shape Maharashtra’s next chapter?
Armed with degrees, grit, and political conviction, the state’s youth leaders are pushing hard to make their mark in a crowded electoral season
Irani café B. Merwan downsits shutters after 111 years
Irani café B. Merwan downsits shutters after 111 years
The OG creators of Mumbai’s famed mawa cake shut business on Jan 1, taking away with it a delicious memory
‘We just want space’
‘We just want space’
From Kanu Behl to Chaitanya Tamhane, filmmakers are challenging a system that decides what India can — and cannot — watch
The final witness
The final witness
Mumbai’s studios are running out of takes
Mumbai’s studios are running out of takes
Developers eye prized real estate as Bollywood’s legacy shooting floors fight to stay in business
Mapping a city in mid-air
Mapping a city in mid-air
Chirodeep Chaudhuri’s latest photography documentation chronicles the bridges reshaping Mumbai, and the city that’s slowly disappearing beneath them
Love in three acts
Love in three acts
It began with a cartwheel, a stolen glance, and one terrible cappuccino. Now, after two decades in theatre and 17 years of marriage, Pratik Gandhi and Bhamini Oza step into their most significant collaboration yet — as Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba
AQI as city’s new electoral battleground
AQI as city’s new electoral battleground
As Mumbai chokes on toxic air, the upcoming polls are no longer about roads or flyovers. They are a referendum on the city’s right to breathe
City libraries turn their own pages
City libraries turn their own pages
With dwindling memberships, rising costs and shrinking attention spans, Mumbai’s oldest and youngest reading rooms are working to reinvent themselves through community programmes and sheer perseverance
Finding the soul of Christmas in Uttan
Finding the soul of Christmas in Uttan
Brushing up on dissent
Brushing up on dissent
Parenting in the age of uncertainty
Parenting in the age of uncertainty
Bombay Writers Club: Interview with Prabodh Parikh
Bombay Writers Club: Interview with Prabodh Parikh
Bombay Writers Club: Interview with Jeet Thayil
Bombay Writers Club: Interview with Jeet Thayil
Bombay Writers Club: Interview with Jerry Pinto
Bombay Writers Club: Interview with Jerry Pinto
Bombay Writers Club: Interview with Nisha da Cunha
Bombay Writers Club: Interview with Nisha da Cunha
Bombay Writers Club: Interview with Shanta Gokhale
Bombay Writers Club: Interview with Shanta Gokhale
Bombay Writers Club: Interview with Adil Jussawalla
Bombay Writers Club: Interview with Adil Jussawalla
Travel: One tree to rule all in New Zealand
Travel: One tree to rule all in New Zealand
Saving Dharavi Through Rap
Saving Dharavi Through Rap
When All Else Fails, There's Music
When All Else Fails, There's Music
Linthoi Chanu’s book proves that conflict is not the narrative of Manipur
Linthoi Chanu’s book proves that conflict is not the narrative of Manipur
In search of the lost time | literatur.review
In search of the lost time | literatur.review
India’s Bene Israel Food Creates a Fusion of Coconut and Kosher
India’s Bene Israel Food Creates a Fusion of Coconut and Kosher
History feature: Mumbai group turned sleuths to find missing bells from abandoned Portuguese churches
History feature: Mumbai group turned sleuths to find missing bells from abandoned Portuguese churches
News feature: Can the Mumbai Climate Action Plan save us?
News feature: Can the Mumbai Climate Action Plan save us?
News feature: Internet’s step sister, ’The Dark Web’, is a bi*ch
News feature: Internet’s step sister, ’The Dark Web’, is a bi*ch
Food feature: Dhobi Talao’s jewel to shine again
Food feature: Dhobi Talao’s jewel to shine again
Food feature: Xmas War Breaks Out In Uttan
Food feature: Xmas War Breaks Out In Uttan
News feature: What’s going to solve caste hate in college?
News feature: What’s going to solve caste hate in college?
Food feature: The fish from Chira Bazaar that spiced up ambotik
Food feature: The fish from Chira Bazaar that spiced up ambotik
Sports feature: How the cricket craze took root in the coastal town of Palghar
Sports feature: How the cricket craze took root in the coastal town of Palghar
Sports feature: Mumbai’s budding women cricketers look forward to inaugural Women’s Premier League
Sports feature: Mumbai’s budding women cricketers look forward to inaugural Women’s Premier League
Interview: After a sabbatical of 50 years, Mumbai painter bring his magic back to Mumbai art gallery; RedInk Shortlist 2022
Interview: After a sabbatical of 50 years, Mumbai painter bring his magic back to Mumbai art gallery; RedInk Shortlist 2022
News feature: Forget me please, say new breed of online users; RedInk Award recipient 2022
News feature: Forget me please, say new breed of online users; RedInk Award recipient 2022
News feature: Despite feeling heat of government action, young activists say they won’t bend yet
News feature: Despite feeling heat of government action, young activists say they won’t bend yet
Health feature: 'Can't fix autistic child with Stem Cell Therapy'
Health feature: 'Can't fix autistic child with Stem Cell Therapy'
Book feature: Kiran Nagarkar restrospective, "Many Lives. One Man"
Book feature: Kiran Nagarkar restrospective, "Many Lives. One Man"
Book feature: Mahatma Gandhi, the reluctant batsman
Book feature: Mahatma Gandhi, the reluctant batsman
Interview with Tushar Gandhi: Telling the story of the Other Gandhi
Interview with Tushar Gandhi: Telling the story of the Other Gandhi
Heritage feature: Rebuilding Goa's temples
Heritage feature: Rebuilding Goa's temples
Political feature: Can Rahul Gandhi bring India together?
Political feature: Can Rahul Gandhi bring India together?
News feature: Why these couples chose non-religious wedding ceremonies
News feature: Why these couples chose non-religious wedding ceremonies
News feature: Why Maharashtra's pomfret is off to Pakistan
News feature: Why Maharashtra's pomfret is off to Pakistan
News feature: How this non-profit counselling centre is making villagers resilient towards climate change
News feature: How this non-profit counselling centre is making villagers resilient towards climate change
News feature: Meat ban in Maharashtra's Dehugaon: ‘I’m fine they shut my business, but help me put food on table’
News feature: Meat ban in Maharashtra's Dehugaon: ‘I’m fine they shut my business, but help me put food on table’
News feature: How Mumbai's civic schools landed a goal
News feature: How Mumbai's civic schools landed a goal
News feature: After-dark effort to vax adivasis
News feature: After-dark effort to vax adivasis
Heritage feature: Shivaji's creation, new at 350 years
Heritage feature: Shivaji's creation, new at 350 years
History feature: Historians debate how Aurangzeb turned into Hindutva’s hate figure
History feature: Historians debate how Aurangzeb turned into Hindutva’s hate figure
Interview with Vaibhav Purandare: ‘Aurangzeb never underestimated Shivaji’
Interview with Vaibhav Purandare: ‘Aurangzeb never underestimated Shivaji’
History feature: Historians, biographers examine why Veer Savarkar continues to elicit extreme reactions in Maharashtra
History feature: Historians, biographers examine why Veer Savarkar continues to elicit extreme reactions in Maharashtra
Interview with Vaibhav Purandare: He was born, he joined the RSS and died without accomplishing anything
Interview with Vaibhav Purandare: He was born, he joined the RSS and died without accomplishing anything
Interview with Prannoy Roy: ’Narendra Modi stands a 50 per cent chance’
Interview with Prannoy Roy: ’Narendra Modi stands a 50 per cent chance’
Interview with Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai: Picking Indian cricket’s Best XI
Interview with Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai: Picking Indian cricket’s Best XI
Short story: Lovers from a lost village
Short story: Lovers from a lost village
Interview with Vidhie Mukerjea: Papa is my role model
Interview with Vidhie Mukerjea: Papa is my role model
Interview with Indrani Mukerjea: I haven’t still hugged Vidhie. I’ll need court permission for that: Indrani Mukerjea
Interview with Indrani Mukerjea: I haven’t still hugged Vidhie. I’ll need court permission for that: Indrani Mukerjea
News feature: Why student’s voices must be heard
News feature: Why student’s voices must be heard
Interview: These trailblazing women are furthering the conversation around sexuality, desire, and bodily autonomy
Interview: These trailblazing women are furthering the conversation around sexuality, desire, and bodily autonomy
Interview with filmmaker Hansal Mehta and social entrepreneur Safeena Husain: Getting married after 17 years of being together
Interview with filmmaker Hansal Mehta and social entrepreneur Safeena Husain: Getting married after 17 years of being together
Interview: Dahanu's Warli artists test Mumbai's waters
Interview: Dahanu's Warli artists test Mumbai's waters
Interview: Naseeruddin Shah returns with a new film on relationships
Interview: Naseeruddin Shah returns with a new film on relationships
Interview with architect Robert Stephens: Documenting the Bombay that didn't get built
Interview with architect Robert Stephens: Documenting the Bombay that didn't get built
Interview with author Shabnam Minwalla: What were Sufi saints doing in Navy Nagar nine centuries ago?
Interview with author Shabnam Minwalla: What were Sufi saints doing in Navy Nagar nine centuries ago?
Interview with poet-author Jeet Thayil: Making room for new poets
Interview with poet-author Jeet Thayil: Making room for new poets
Interview with author Jeet Thayil: A Bible for feminists
Interview with author Jeet Thayil: A Bible for feminists
Interview with authors Jerry Pinto and Shanta Gokhale: Story of an inter-generational friendship
Interview with authors Jerry Pinto and Shanta Gokhale: Story of an inter-generational friendship
Interview with author Kiran Nagarkar: Abandoning his heroine before chasing her
Interview with author Kiran Nagarkar: Abandoning his heroine before chasing her
Interview with columnist-author Shobhaa De: Discussing food, not scandals, in her new memoir ’Insatiable’
Interview with columnist-author Shobhaa De: Discussing food, not scandals, in her new memoir ’Insatiable’
Book excerpt: Writer Jane Borges on how she celebrated her first Christmas in Bombay after returning from Muscat
Book excerpt: Writer Jane Borges on how she celebrated her first Christmas in Bombay after returning from Muscat
Co-founder: Soboicar
Co-founder: Soboicar
Contributor: Indian Christmas anthology
Contributor: Indian Christmas anthology
Short story: The Love Poem, read by Roshan Abbas
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Short story: The Love Poem, read by Roshan Abbas
Author: Bombay Balchao
Author: Bombay Balchao
Co-author: Mafia Queens of Mumbai
Co-author: Mafia Queens of Mumbai
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