Platonic
In India, everyone says boys and girls can never be friends. A writer asked the men and women in her life how they defied the dictum—and how they didn’t.
Stories jerusha has worked on
Bloodline
How veiled queens, crafty bureaucrats and brilliant lawyers fought to control one of India’s most lavish estates.
Shortfall
Half-eaten dinners in Delhi, dashes to D.C., and many houses divided. This is the story of India’s failed 1966 devaluation.
Rivers
When you go looking for the rivers Hakra and Puran in Sindh, you find floods, danger, poets and protestors.
Preach
Arunachal Pradesh has been in religious churn for decades now. During this time, the indigenous Donyi Polo faith has strengthened among its followers. But that might have more to do with Hinduism, and Hindutva, than you think.