Short story by Rhea Gangavkar: ‘I looked at the hospital’s main gate; how many people were here for the same thing? I looked at Megha. She was staring at the sky as she softly whispered, “It might rain.’”

Often called ‘The Indian Bob Dylan’, singer-songwriter Deepak Peace from Pune challenges and confronts listeners with contemporary political issues, turning music into a call for revolution. By Hunardeep Kaur

In the late 2000s, Karan Madhok left home to travel alone around India, living off a backpack, sleeping in trains, searching for more of his country, and finding more parts of himself. In a photo-essay, he recalls why this ‘bharat darshan’ was the best experience of his life.

A conversation with Virajas Kulkarni, actor, playwright, director, and co-founder of Theatron Entertainment: “Nobody can deny the electricity of a live performance. But we do need to keep changing what is being performed, and how it is being performed.” - by Karan Madhok.

Short story by Karan Madhok: ‘In the chaos of the pre-lunch Sunday crowd at the mall, in their continuing hum, their smells, their colours, their everything… all that Shalu and Abhimanyu now shared was a small absence of sound, an envelope without its contents.’

From Bhopal to international acclaim, here is the story of how Lal and the People became one of the exciting new voices in Indian jazz and blues - by Nidhi Lodaya.

Jurish Nath writes about using theatre to shape the lives of children and young adults in Pune

What will be the dominant sound of Indian Indie Music in the 20s? Karan Madhok spoke to a number of established and up-and-coming artists to predict our sonic future.