Stephen Alter’s Wild Himalaya: A Natural History of the Greatest Mountain Range on Earth was published in August. Here’s an excerpt, where Alter delves deep into the world of an unlikely predator: the carnivorous sundew.

How the mythological verse can be re-understood for young people in modern times - write Ishita Praveen in Student’s Corner

With ‘Jaago’, singer/producer Lifafa (Suryakant Sawhney) released a modern ‘folktronica’ classic. Here is The Blue Magpie’s track-by-track review of this 2019 album.

A short film from Mussoorie Writers, featuring Ruskin Bond reading from his 2012 novel, Maharani

How travel - and its discomforts - helped me become a better songwriter , writes Ady Manral in his latest column

A first-person essay on juggling rock music and college life in India - by Manik Oswal

A poem by Karan Madhok: “… the neverending valley between / beauty and abyss…”

“A shot-caller with that born tribal mentality” - How Shillong star Meba Ofilia evolved from gospel music to rap, and in the process, became one of the most exciting new voices in underground Indian Hip-Hop - here’s her story and interview by Nakul Yadav

Anurag Tagat explains how Bengaluru’s iconic live music venues are trying to survive in changing times

‘Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Husain’ was published in 2016 - here’s an excerpt from this Akshay Manwani’s biography on Husain’s musical inspirations and influence on the history of Indian films.

A meditation on the power of Indian theatre — and the need to keep it free of government influences. - Faraz Khan

Landour-based singer-songwriter Ady Manral lists some of his recent favourite artists from the Indian hills