December 2009

Change of guard
Kings and queens feel the plebeian urge to remodel too. We found proof at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.

November 2009

Mostly Mozart
The city of Salzburg may not have paid much attention to its most famous son when he was alive. Two centuries after his passing, you can’t miss him even if you want to.

August 2009

The Kingdom That Time Forgot
Centuries after they were mysteriously abandoned, the ruins of Angkor Wat continue to guard their secrets.

February 2009

Eyeing the Eiffel
18,038 pieces of iron went into the making of this iconic structure. We present seven views of the tower that made France famous.

November 2008

They rest in peace
To walk among the dead, at the Père Lachaise and Montparnasse cemeteries, is to feel an unusual sense of calm.

June 2008

The Gods in the Jungle
12,000 people called it home, and 80,000 worked towards its upkeep. Today, the roots of trees are all that keep the Cambodian temple of Ta Prohm from oblivion.

October 2007

Fresh off the boat
First-timers to India and America.

September 2007

'Literary critics will never grow up'
What Hari Kunzru isn't very happy about.

August 2007

'I feel strong contempt for Indian politicians'
Indra Sinha on his Booker-nominated Animal's People.

Mapping a city through poetry
Sampurna Chattarji's debut, Sight May Strike You Blind.

July 2007

The 11/7 blast trains, a year later
Riding the 5:26 Borivali Fast from Churchgate.

May 2007

‘Why does Indian journalism constrain itself?’
What Mohsin Hamid, author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, has to say.

'Perhaps Gandhi was an inevitability'
In conversation with Andrew Ward, author of Our Bones Are Scattered: The Cawnpore Massacres and The Indian Mutiny Of 1857.

March 2007

India Abroad Lifetime Achievement Award 2006
And why Salman Rushdie deserves it.

"India is like an athlete with gangrene"
Dilip Chitre: Portrait of an artist.