Articles by Anesha George
Lore, legend and just so many syllables: OED is in the midst of a revamp
How does one track a language evolving so fast? Efforts have involved JRR Tolkein, K-dramas, and a red post box that still stands outside a home in Oxford.

Updated on Feb 14, 2025 07:00 PM IST
Heads or tales?: A new photo project focuses on the stray dogs of Goa
With few humans in the frame, Rain Dogs offers an unusual perspective: the interior lives of dogs, a species we're used to seeing with their eyes trained on us.

Updated on Jan 18, 2025 06:46 PM IST
Somewhere Rover the rainbow : Unusual memorials for pets around the world
A matchbox coffin for a fly who once lived in an office; a headstone for a messenger pigeon; a snail who ‘lived life well’... vignettes from a new book.

Updated on Jan 18, 2025 06:38 PM IST
Ads, dresses, spindly elephants: More from the Dali universe
He created illustrations and covers for magazines, sets for a ballet, designed dresses and commercial art. Here are more samples of the master artist’s work.

Updated on Jan 10, 2025 06:26 PM IST
Trail mix: Check out photographs by the award-winning Steve Winter
His images have helped push for new infrastructure, new laws. Some are just impossibly beautiful views of the natural world beyond what most of us know of it.

Updated on Dec 21, 2024 07:04 PM IST
Twist in the pot: Indian cookbooks are celebrating new kinds of mixed heritage
A chivda made with Froot Loops. A palak-paneer spanakopita. Shrikhand cannolis. Take a tour of joyful experiments, old longings and new perspectives.

Updated on Dec 01, 2024 09:02 AM IST
Sick with worry?: A look at the arc of hypochondria
From kings with ‘glass delusion’ to fretful names from the worlds of art and literature, the story of hypochondria is a long and riveting one.

Updated on Nov 09, 2024 07:42 PM IST
Swipe, match, repeat?: How to get more out of your dating apps
It isn’t easy. It often isn’t even fun. Amid the many evolving hacks and rules, what can you do differently? Here are our top tips from the experts.

Updated on Nov 02, 2024 01:36 PM IST
Match point: If dating is a track event, what kind of runner are you?
Amid hurdles, qualifiers, red cards and scorekeeping, it's begun to feel a lot like a competitive sport. Are you a sprinter,marathoner or hobby runner? Find out

Updated on Nov 02, 2024 01:34 PM IST
In photos: Take a look at some of Abu Abraham’s most iconic political cartoons
Decades later, they elicit a chuckle. The art is minimalist, but memorable. In the iconic cartoonist's centenary year, a tour of some of his best-loved work.

Updated on Nov 01, 2024 08:32 PM IST
Are there lessons for managing AI, climate, in tales from 1,000 years ago?
What could the first-ever financial crash teach us about AI? Are there clues to tackling climate change, in slave revolts? Take a look.

Updated on Oct 26, 2024 04:15 PM IST
Lost manuscripts, whirlwind romances: When movies leave a paper trail
Check out a book on the bro code, another by Ant-Man, a memoir by Selina Meyer of Veep, and other dramatic and whimsical tales emerging from films and TV.

Updated on Oct 26, 2024 04:13 PM IST
Going bunkers on screen: See how tech-driven dystopias have played out
Since almost its start, cinema has worked to explore the possible evolutions and fallouts of emerging technology. How have hyper-digital worlds played out?

Updated on Oct 11, 2024 07:59 PM IST
Rivals, pirates, malware: Whispers of cyberthreats from the future
As consumer devices explode and suspicious code turns up in new places, the digital battlefield is changing shape. Are we as well-prepared as we should be?

Updated on Oct 11, 2024 08:00 PM IST
Ballast from the past: How did Bronze Age boats sail the open seas?
Using an ancient recipe – with no nails, screws or metal – researchers in Abu Dhabi have created a Magan boat similar to those that sailed 4,000 years ago.

Updated on Sep 28, 2024 04:02 PM IST
All puns blazing: What makes a good joke?
It turns out, puns, sex, wives and stupidity are eternal themes. There are also ancient versions of ‘My friend took a trip and all I got was this T-shirt’.

Updated on Sep 28, 2024 03:58 PM IST
Would’ve, could’ve, should’ve : The purpose of regret
Everyone feels it, and wishes they didn’t. We're more likely to regret things we didn’t do or didn’t say. What is its purpose, this gnawing feeling? Take a look

Updated on Sep 14, 2024 12:38 PM IST
A Wknd Watchlist: Underrated OTT shows that deserve a chance
It’s not just you. It is getting harder to find something good to watch. What should you be streaming, if you’ve already run through your list? Take a look.

Updated on Sep 13, 2024 05:30 PM IST
The streaming wars are over, and you’ve lost
See why it’s becoming so much harder to find something good to watch — and how ‘good’ itself is being redefined — amid the rise of Mid TV.

Updated on Sep 13, 2024 05:29 PM IST
Death metal: The dark side of gold
Miners working without pay, cyanide and other toxins leaching into lakes and groundwater... take a look at some of the true costs of the precious metal.

Updated on Sep 06, 2024 02:21 PM IST
Gilty pleasure: India is where gold came to shine
What drove the desire for this metal in pre-colonial India, and what keeps it going? See how our love for gold has evolved, shaping us and our country.

Updated on Sep 06, 2024 02:20 PM IST
Our preciousss...: A look at our 6,000-year history with gold
As an exhibition and a new book shed light on this shining trail, see some of the world’s finest artefacts, grandest tributes and the metal’s deep, dark secrets

Updated on Sep 06, 2024 02:11 PM IST
Red between the lines: What do your city’s climate stripes look like?
As these charts – created for cities, countries and the planet as a whole – shift from blues to reds across 150 years, the message is simple: The heat is on.

Updated on Aug 24, 2024 04:15 PM IST
Behind the zines: A look at Kerala’s Muslim women rebels, from a century ago
Tucked into magazines from the early 1900s are stories of women writers, poets, doctors and travellers. An online archive is retelling these tales.

Updated on Aug 10, 2024 04:23 PM IST
Hold on to your hearts: The rise of the de-influencer
Food, health, travel and more: In a world of commercial content disguised as opinion, de-influencers urge people to pause and ask, ‘Wait... is that true?’

Updated on Aug 02, 2024 05:00 PM IST
Deleting chat history...: The strange story behind short-lived slang
Some of the newest slang seems designed to fizzle out. See what this says about us. Plus, revisit ancient slang, and see what makes some terms survive centuries

Updated on Jul 27, 2024 06:56 PM IST
Word famous: Vikas Swarup of Q&A / Slumdog Millionaire, discusses his new book
The Girl with the Seven Lives, his first in 11 years, is darker than Q&A. The main character is hiding something. ‘She isn’t automatically lovable,’ he says.

Updated on Jul 19, 2024 08:19 PM IST
Paint my love: See how weddings are captured live on canvas
It’s hard work completing a painting in real time. But the results cause gasps, laughter, happy tears. See how artists get it done.

Updated on Jul 12, 2024 09:01 PM IST
Reef encounters: See photos of global efforts to save threatened corals
As reefs change in response to rising temperatures, oceanographers are trying to help heat-sensitive species survive; find refuge areas for colonies.

Updated on Jul 05, 2024 06:37 PM IST
Riffing with intent: The race to save India’s coral reefs
Could the Gulf of Kutch, where temperatures are typically higher, offer clues to the way forward? Could refuge areas be found within the oceans? Take a look.

Updated on Jul 05, 2024 06:05 PM IST