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Suvir Saran
The writer is a chef, author, educator and world traveller.
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People who are the blueprints: A story of women (and men) misreadSubscriber Only
June 22, 2025 06:00 IST
Gender is not destiny. Emotion is not weakness. Strength is not shape-shifting into masculine myth. We must let go of these tropes.
Fri, Jun 20, 2025
What the monsoon taught me about forgiveness, second chances, and graceSubscriber Only
June 15, 2025 01:00 IST
At 51, I find myself circling back to things I thought I’d outgrown — memories, mistakes, names I hadn’t said out loud in years. I’m not wiser, just more aware of what I don’t know. And more willing, now, to sit with the discomfort without trying to tidy it up.
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
Monsoon, ghazals, and the ghosts of almost-loves: Why Delhi rains still smell like my first loveSubscriber Only
June 08, 2025 01:00 IST
We weren’t lovers yet, just two teenagers teetering on the edge of tenderness, balanced between black ink and blue sky. He never said he loved me. He didn’t need to. He showed up. Until he didn’t.
Fri, Jun 06, 2025
‘Tu kya hai:’ What does it mean to belong? Ghalib, grief, and the global identity crisesSubscriber Only
June 01, 2025 01:00 IST
In this world of hyper-influence and algorithmic affirmation, we’re all chasing aura over authenticity. We’re measured not by meaning but metrics.
Wed, May 28, 2025
From grandma’s kitchen: A recipe for lifeSubscriber Only
May 25, 2025 00:00 IST
The more I lived, the more I saw that meaning was made in the margins. Not in the limelight, but in the lingering.
Sat, May 24, 2025
‘Bol ke lab azaad hai tere’: Why the world must remember Faiz Ahmad Faiz and his poetrySubscriber Only
May 18, 2025 01:00 IST
Today, in a world that churns, collapses, scrolls, posts, forgets—we need Faiz more than ever. We need his words like we need water—fierce, flowing, and essential.
Thu, May 15, 2025
A Toast to the Spirit of India: Jin Jiji and Kumaon & ISubscriber Only
May 11, 2025 06:32 IST
These homegrown gins tell the story of coming together of two individuals who offer Indian brilliance in a bottle
Sun, May 11, 2025
‘Aaj jaane ki zid na karo’: How it became a philosophy of love and longingSubscriber Only
May 04, 2025 01:00 IST
This song, sung again and again through my childhood, gave me more than musicality—it gave me moral imagination.
Sun, May 04, 2025
Love is revolutionSubscriber Only
April 27, 2025 06:00 IST
Sam Aaj, a production on queer love by Jainil Mehta, is about what it means to be understood in a world that wants us to perform
Fri, Apr 25, 2025
From 1984 to now: Why humanity must come before identitySubscriber Only
April 20, 2025 05:00 IST
I hope the world was listening—listening when India, in its presidency of the G20, chose an ancient Vedantic principle to light the way forward. “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam.” One Earth. One Family. One Future.
Fri, Apr 18, 2025
The Supreme Court is right. Urdu is ours, it is usSubscriber Only
April 17, 2025 12:12 IST
When we strip language of political projections, we see it for what it is: A bridge. Not a border
Thu, Apr 17, 2025
Why I sing–it brings alive memories of those who have passedSubscriber Only
April 13, 2025 00:50 IST
They are in your DNA — in the way your voice cracks when you tell a story, in the recipe you never need to write down, in the song that stops time
Sun, Apr 13, 2025
‘Kahin door jab din dhal jaye’: How music, memory, and loss shape usSubscriber Only
April 06, 2025 05:00 IST
People speak of love as a high. But love is also a low, a longing, a lament. It is a mirror, a maze, a melody. It is the most human thing we do. And I am so grateful to be human.
Sun, Apr 06, 2025
The Child, The Canvas, and the Chisel: Between Learning and Being TaughtSubscriber Only
March 30, 2025 05:00 IST
A child’s soul belongs to tomorrow and if we are careless with our words, then what foundation are we laying?
Sat, Mar 29, 2025
The India I knew embraced love—what happened?Subscriber Only
March 23, 2025 05:00 IST
Love—that most tender of human experiences—has been placed under siege. This is not the India I know. This is not the India I want to recognise.
Sun, Mar 23, 2025
To unplug or notSubscriber Only
March 16, 2025 10:51 IST
Reconnected with old friends over food but oh, did I miss Instagram! Life is richest when lived in both realms — the tangible and the digital
Sun, Mar 16, 2025
Finding clarity in the blur: ‘Maybe life is meant to be a little out of focus, a little unknowable’Subscriber Only
March 09, 2025 05:00 IST
Inside us, however—inside, in the deepest sanctum of our being, in the home of our soul—there is something unshakeable. Something constant.
Fri, Mar 07, 2025
An afternoon at Harvard: The ‘journey of an India that came of age in the ’70s and ’80s’Subscriber Only
March 01, 2025 23:30 IST
India has always been a beacon—not just of history, but of continuity, of reinvention, of resilience. In that room, with snow gently settling outside, with students watching from every level, with voices engaged in dialogue rather than discord, I saw the India I believe in
Sat, Mar 01, 2025
Why I am the sum of two worldsSubscriber Only
February 23, 2025 05:00 IST
Even as I break apart a flaking, crisp haath ki roti, mopping up the rich, velvety Bari Matar, in Delhi, I crave for a slice of New York pizza
Fri, Feb 21, 2025
A God too vast to be confinedSubscriber Only
February 10, 2025 17:28 IST
My God lives in the eyes of the suffering, in the hands of the healers, in the hearts of the lovers
Mon, Feb 10, 2025
Why I stopped listening to music—and how I’m finding my way backSubscriber Only
February 02, 2025 05:00 IST
Music was my oxygen. For 42 years, it was the pulse of my existence, the rhythm of my being. I lived inside its intricacies, its ragas and talas, its rises and falls. And then, one day, the silence turned against me.
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