​ Iih, just over 30, has made strange choices in life that makes him an odd one in terms of normative existence. At the age of 14, he rebelled, left the comfort of home, dropped out of school, and became a vagabond in a more in a more contemporary sense—romanticized unconventional mobile lifestyle. Home, the irrevocable condition, was not there for him, so he learned​ to take care of himself, remaining a political animal, an activist with the Gandhian ambition to change the w

There was a singer and an accompanist on the guitar.​ Rohit Solomon played guitar in the way that it felt like an orchestra, I could hear...

The revolutionary Gen Z of Nepal overthrew the incumbent government in merely 24 hours of agitation. They were against protracted...

Theoretical physicist   Apoorv Tiwari is a 36 years old Indian with boyish looks, is​ a leading researcher in the field of quantum...

‘Involuntary celibate’ is an oxymoron for celibate are not involuntary. Yet, it's a name of a growing community of young men who are...

I have been fortunate to grow up with loving parents. Not everyone I have encountered has been   as lucky. A broken marriage is rarely a...

​ Deepak Jakhar, 26, is from a village in the district of Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan, and belongs to a family of able-bodied men who have...

I first came to know of the concept of non-binary or gender queerness, while studying in the US, from a fellow student. I was ten. I had...

Abhinav Rai is a young man of 32 years who surfs on the choppy waters of destiny with a certain disdain. Son of an army officer, he had a...

In my final year of schooling, I write about education.   I have the unique distinction of being schooled in the US and in India. That...

​ The civil services, particularly the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), is a unifying factor as far as our nationhood is concerned....

I had a chance encounter with Anusha Rao and Suhas Mahesh who were seated next to each other on the stage at a literary function in...

One late afternoon, I entered the second floor of an upmarket Café in Khan Market, Delhi. I was to be interviewed by a PhD candidate from...

​He has a magnetic pull like no one I have met and I have met many magnetic people. Apostle Ankit Sajwan has an open heart, and you...

​ Amreesh Andrew Chandra is a change agent for the better. The Executive Principal and Trustee of St. Paul's Schools (SPS) in Gorakhpur,...

Ved has a lethargic air about him, yet quick-witted, jocular and jokey. There's a certain charm about , he refuses to grow up, yet so tall.

Denims is not just a staple textile of the modern world, is a way of life for many. A pair of jeans is by far the most popular pieces of...

Aakash Ranison is an environmentalist par excellence. The good thing about him is that he’s a single man army that’s making all the right...