Author Archives: Matt Daniels
Eighteen Million Ways To Die
Serial killers, open drains, breathing. Summer’s dog days sharpen Mumbai’s lethal edge. Read More »
Man vs Food
The cancellation of the Marathi Food Festival this year is further evidence that we care more about cricket than culture. Read More »
Sneaking Around
Living one’s life while living with parents involves a few deceptions. Read More »
Bent Out of Shape
North, south; Brahmin, Bania. Why do Aakar Patel’s banal observations raise so many hackles? Read More »
More Than A Healing
Tonight’s mass meditation session holds valuable lessons, even for skeptics like our columnist. Read More »
Shore Footed
Dahanu Beach is accessible, clean, and virtually unvisited. Read More »
Slumdog Factcheck
Katherine Boo’s non-fictional account of life in the slums has garnered rave reviews. But is it accurate? Does it matter? Our correspondent visits Annawadi to find out. Read More »
Rhapsody in Green
New York has assets that, to be sure, Mumbai will never have the wherewithal to obtain for itself. Read More »
Band Baajaa Bharat
In his lavishly illustrated new book, Naresh Fernandes tells the tale of how jazz came to India. Read More »
The Diplomacy of Kitsch
A German orchestra exports A. R. Rahman’s music to… India. What can it mean? Read More »
A Lesson Learnt In Self-Reliance
A trip to the hospital dispenses a lesson in letting go. Read More »
Because We Can Date Back At Least One Thing To 65 Million Years Ago
Even if that thing may have killed the dinosaurs. Read More »
Because the Meter Goes Down
Mumbai’s auto-rickshawwallahs are far from perfect; but they’re a heck of a lot better than their counterparts in other Indian cities. Read More »
Plotting a Christmas Staycation
Reasons to stay in the city during this week’s exodus to Goa. Read More »
Expat Book Club
A look at the literature of self-discovery. (Remind me to tell you about the time I met Gregory David Roberts, says our correspondent.) Read More »
