Sumana Roy

‘It is difficult to imagine a history of trees / without man in it. Man as tree, Tree as tale.’

Nilanjana S. Roy & Radhaben Garva

‘All of everyday life is here.’

Sigrid Rausing

‘Possession takes many forms, and at the heart of it is death and dereliction, invasion and submission.’

Snigdha Poonam

‘In Indian media and advertising, young people are mainly being projected as vessels of breathless aspiration.’

Issue 130

Sam Miller

‘On 29 September 1888, an Indian teenager with a mild case of ringworm and a fine head of hair sailed into the Thames Estuary.’ Sam Miller on Ghandi's time in London.

Hari Kunzru

‘Rich men have been building tall on this hill for centuries.’

Issue 130

Arun Kolatkar

‘Selecting the right kind of a tomato was crucial for the scam to work.’

Issue 131

Kathryn Maris

‘this dream that might have been pleasant for an / 8-year-old could instead emerge as a nightmare for a woman / on the brink of menopause’

Issue 119

Robin Robertson

Issue 131

Noémie Goudal

In her series Observatoires, Noémie Goudal places stairs, pyramids and domes in natural, isolated, timeless spaces.

Hanan al-Shaykh

‘Loving life is the mother of all sins.’

Minal Hajratwala

‘The unicorns are a technology / we cannot yet approximate.’

Amitava Kumar

‘In more ways than one, the rituals of death had reminded me that I was an outsider.’

Issue 131

Sebastià Jovani

‘The aim of this study is to visualise a means of understanding the essential aspects of a literary text.’