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Did the Burari Family Really Have Ties With a Suicidal Cult?

Eleven members of a family in Delhi’s Burari killed themselves and initial investigations suggest that they were part of a deadly cult that promised them salvation. What does the Bhatia family have in common with the Jonestown Massacre?

Kahini Iyer May 21, 2016

Technology

What WhatsApp Gets Wrong About Its Fake News Campaign

In the last two years, more than 30 deaths have been linked to fake WhatsApp forwards in India. After the government warned WhatsApp to "take accountability" for the unchecked spread of fake news, it set off to make amends. But are they enough?

Yashasvini Mathur May 14, 2016

First Person

Waiting for the End: How Do You Prepare to Let Go of a Beloved Grandparent?

Watching your grandparents age is like processing the end of time, the folding of a document that is now so far back in history that even the possibility of its survival becomes a joke. It is an eventual loss that you can anticipate – but can you ever be prepared for it?

Manik Sharma May 14, 2016

POV

Mama’s Shawl, Papa’s Wallet… Is It Alright to Give Away Your Dead Parents’ Belongings?

Our loved ones live on in us and in our memories, but they also live on in the little and not-so-little things they leave behind. Discarding the things that belonged to my mother and father has been a wrestling match between sentimentality and practicality.

Mugdha Singh May 11, 2016

POV

Jamal Khashoggi, and the Thankless Life (and Death) of Journalists

Informing the public at the cost of their personal safety and liberty, journalists walk a razor’s edge. But what’s worse than our increasing disregard for the freedom of press? The fact that we continue to enjoy the benefits of a free press – but don’t want to sign up for the fight that is required to preserve it.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee May 11, 2016

Pop Culture

The Quiet Genius of Neeraj Vora

Neeraj Vora was a multi-hyphenate: An actor, director, and writer. We remember him as that drunk producer from Rangeela and the severely underrated Daud, but few of us knew about his significant contribution to films like Hera Pheri and Josh.

Arré Bench May 10, 2016

People

Farewell, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the PM Who Brought Poetry to Indian Politics

Atal Bihari Vajpayee has passed away after a prolonged illness at AIIMS, marking the end of a simpler, gentler era in Indian politics. We bid goodbye to a leader who, more than anyone who followed him, embodied what the PM’s post stood for.

Dushyant Shekhawat May 5, 2016

Animals

The Agony of Seeing My Dog Age

I took in a two-month-old spaniel to impress my girlfriend when I was 16. Sure, that relationship ended soon after. But Zippy has been my pillow, a silent yet effective shoulder to lean on. And seeing her age, is more painful that any heartbreak I’ve ever experienced.

Jackie Thakkar May 4, 2016

POV

This Liberal’s Heart Beats For Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee kept humour and poetry and all those softer emotions that keep our politics humane, alive – all the emotions that have so thoroughly vanished from our public life. His tenure is a reminder that political ideology notwithstanding, there is a world of difference between being a statesman and playing one.

Runjhun Noopur April 24, 2016

People

Talk Me Off the Ledge, Please

In a city that crushes many a dream, the line between life and death is gossamer thin. In Mumbai, a group of selfless volunteers keeps the distressed on the safe side of this line.

Kripa Krishnan April 21, 2016