The only time I take a break from dining on the Ganges Voyager, billed as India’s first vegan cruise, is at Murshidabad. We dock there one rainy afternoon and navigate the town’s frayed provinciality to visit the 18th-century...

Everything is not as it seems, and helping someone always comes with its own terms

‘In what language does rain fall over tormented cities’, on at Gallery 27, uses rain as a metaphor of unity. “In a society that’s witnessing divisions over matters of religion, caste, colour and such, why not look at the...