Like Richa Agarwal (above), Sudheer Dhawan (below) too believes one needs to keep investing in learning new, relevant skills even without taking a break.

How upskilling can make the return to work easier

4 min read . 24 Jun 2019 Shweta Taneja

Updating your knowledge and skills to what an employer needs now and in the near future is the only way to overcome the perceived shortcoming of a break in career

Shilpa Sharma, founder of three companies, says travel has helped her develop the ability to notice what most people miss.

For this serial entrepreneur, travel sparks business ideas

3 min read . 24 Jun 2019 Supriya Sehgal

Jaypore’s Shilpa Sharma says travel has steered her into interesting meetings and entrepreneurship opportunities

Wahleach Lake is popular for boating expeditions

All about hope

5 min read . 23 Jun 2019 Neeta Lal

Chainsaws make art, rivers yield gold and the scenery makes the heart soar in this Canadian town
Adventure tourism is big business, and the impressive infrastructure makes Hope a hiker’s paradise

A still from ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’.

The young hijabi in fiction

2 min read . 23 Jun 2019 Shrabonti Bagchi

Sabyn Javeri’s collection of short stories, ‘Hijabistan’, gives much-needed representation to young Muslim women
From a young secretary who sleeps with her boss to a homemaker who dreams of writing a novel, the protagonists vary widely across the social and psychological spectrums

Ankush Safaya’s work from ‘The Sacred And The Profane’, at the Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, in 2017. Courtesy N Divya

For artists who think out of the box

2 min read . 23 Jun 2019 Avantika Bhuyan

The Motwani Jadeja Foundation Arts Residency, a new US-based residency, set to start in July, hopes to create a dialogue between art, society and technology
Artist Ankur Safaya has been announced as the first artist-in-residence for the same

Floral Affair by Frugurpop brings together edible flowers and herbs.

Diet-friendly gelatos at every corner

3 min read . 23 Jun 2019 Avantika Bhuyan

Brands are now offering a range of keto and vegan ice creams for the health conscious
These are made with seasonal fresh produce and claim to have either natural sweeteners or polyols

Atul Jalan’s new book explores the intersections of technology with society, morality and ethics. courtesy atul jalan

Technology will enable a direct democracy model: Atul Jalan

4 min read . 23 Jun 2019 Shrabonti Bagchi

Tech founder and author speaks to Mint on technology-led democracy, the fight over content, and the happiness pill
Jalan’s book, 'Where Will Man Take Us?: The Bold Story Of The Man Technology Is Creating', explores the intersections of technology and society, morality and ethics

The basic ingredients of a ‘rice pot of leftovers’. Photographs by Samar Halarnkar

Inspiration from an empty fridge

3 min read . 23 Jun 2019 Samar Halarnkar

What do you do when children occupy your weekend and there’s no time to shop or cook?
There’s always likely to be some scraps of raw vegetables in your fridge. Mix and match

Tonique in Hyderabad’s upmarket Jubilee Hills

Bengaluru to get Asia’s largest liquor boutique

1 min read . 23 Jun 2019 Shrabonti Bagchi

Tonique, touted as Asia’s largest liquor boutique will span across 30,000 sq. ft,
The Bengaluru store will have a floor dedicated to wines, supplemented by a cheese counter and bakery

a screenshot of the Imagine Dragons song ‘Whatever It Takes’ in vertical video on the desktop

Why vertical videos are in the frame

3 min read . 22 Jun 2019 Nitin Sreedhar

The concept of vertical videos has gone from being an advertising tool to an important part of mainstream media
While the traditional format of video viewing on phones has been horizontal—an aspect ratio of 16:9—vertical video is taller rather than wide

Dr John performing at the ‘The Last Waltz’ concert in San Francisco in 1976. Getty Images

First Beat

The death of rock ‘n’ roll’s voodoo doctor

4 min read . 22 Jun 2019 Sanjoy Narayan

Dr John’s death on 6 June at the age of 77 marked the demise of the most important envoy of the treasured musical tradition of New Orleans
In his six-decade-long career, he drew out the best of that city’s musical genres and culture—jazz, blues, funk, boogie-woogie and voodoo.

The interiors of Andrea’s Bar and Brasserie.

Delhi gets a new global brasserie

1 min read . 22 Jun 2019 Sohini Dey

Andrea’s Bar and Brasserie (ABB) is a new restaurant in Delhi’s Khan Market, offering an expansive menu
Founder Andrea Pauro, who also runs Andrea’s Eatery in south Delhi’s Select Citywalk mall, hopes to offer a relaxed stand-alone space with ABB

Kiran Nagarkar at his residence in Mumbai. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

'I'm not trying to deny it has affected me': Kiran Nagarkar

6 min read . 22 Jun 2019 Diya Kohli

Eight months after he was accused in the #MeToo movement, Kiran Nagarkar is out with a new novel, 'The Arsonist'
He speaks about reimagining the life of Kabir in the book and his response to the allegations

A still from ‘Deewar’, a film in which Nirupa Roy plays the long-suffering, self-sacrificing mother of a policeman and a gangster.

Cult Friction

It’s the end of the road for the sacrifice saga

6 min read . 22 Jun 2019 Sandip Roy

The ballad of the sacrifice of the Gandhis holds the Congress party together, but it doesn't get them votes
The narrative of sacrifice has been overtaken by the BJP's model of aspiration

Diana Edulji captained India at the 1978 World Cup. Getty Images

A World Cup lost and found

17 min read . 22 Jun 2019 Benita Fernando

In 1978, India hosted the Women’s Cricket World Cup, with four participating teams
This was the first time the country hosted an international cricket championship

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Yoga’s narrative canvas

9 min read . 21 Jun 2019 Devdutt Pattanaik

In his new book, mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explores the origins of yoga and several classic yoga postures. An excerpt

The Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sofia were well-known diary-keepers. (Alamy)

Cheap Thrills

Dear Diary, so, this is what I have done

4 min read . 21 Jun 2019 Nisha Susan

Reading early blogs was like watching ‘Prozac Nation’ in Tirunelveli

Former president Pranab Mukherjee (left) with former prime minister Manmohan Singh at Delhi’s Teen Murti Bhawan in October 2017. (Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times)

India’s missed growth opportunities

3 min read . 21 Jun 2019 Nikita Kwatra

In her new book, Puja Mehra analyses the political and economic policies of a decade that have brought India’s growth rate to its current crisis
She uses her insights as a trained economist as well as journalist to explain the workings of the governments in power

Sadat’s novel looks at the Soviet war in Afghanistan in 1979. (Getty Images)

Love in a dangerous climate

3 min read . 21 Jun 2019 Somak Ghoshal

Nemat Sadat’s debut novel tells the powerful story of a young gay carpet weaver from Afghanistan
From war-torn Afghanistan to a refugee camp in Pakistan to the US, the plot covers a wide geographical arc

A lammergeier spotted flying towards Ama Dablam, as seen from Dingboche village. (Sujoy Das)

In the shadow of Everest

2 min read . 21 Jun 2019 Bibek Bhattacharya

A new book of photographs on the Solukhumbu region in Nepal brings to life the culture of the Sherpa community
It also brings the grandeur of one of the most amazing mountain vistas on Earth

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The death of rock ‘n’ roll’s voodoo doctor

It’s the end of the road for the sacrifice saga

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