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Shikha Kumar

Shikha Kumar

Shikha Kumar is a features writer, whose primary interests include books, feminism, gender studies, and pop culture. She’s always up for discussions on Urban Dictionary, Lena Dunham’s brand of feminism and the potato wedges-french fries conflict.

Articles by Shikha Kumar

A peek into the workings of the human mind

In his anthology, A Life of Adventure and Delight, Akhil Sharma pulls you in with the strangeness of his stories and the hauntingly realistic depiction of the many quirks of human nature

Updated on Dec 30, 2017 17:06 IST

In pieces: A gripping play on life after a child goes missing

Tavish Bhattacharyya and Kyla D’Souza play Ray and Sylvie Moon, whose daughter disappears while on her way to her grandmother’s house. Years later, someone starts sending them bits of her favourite doll in the post.

Updated on Nov 11, 2017 07:53 IST

From Parsi homes to your phones: Chronicles of a community

For #TheParsiProject, founder Anushka Gupta has collaborated with San Francisco-based photographer Alpana Aras to capture portraits.

Updated on Nov 3, 2017 15:19 IST

Naan Sense: See what connects Indian eateries abroad to the idea of home

Taste of India restaurants across the world have come to be associated with a certain kind of ‘Indian’ aesthetic.

Updated on Sep 30, 2017 03:29 IST

Former Aussie captain Michael Clarke says Australians are kind people, but Indians are kinder…

For Clarke, fashion has much to do with comfort. He wears a kurta by Ashish N Soni and pants from Hugo Boss. (Styling by Mia; Make-up and hair by Ashwin Shelar; Location courtesy: The St. Regis Mumbai)

Updated on Sep 23, 2017 18:16 IST

Award-winning recipe author presents easy-to-cook meals to turn a bad day good

Maria Goretti’s book, From My Kitchen to Yours, recently won the ‘Best Television Chef Book in English’ at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2017.

Updated on Sep 2, 2017 16:48 IST

Star conservation architect Abha Lambah picks her five favourite projects

It took Abha and her team two years to ensure that the Royal Opera House was safe for restoration

Updated on Aug 26, 2017 17:12 IST

Whose heritage is it anyway? Gurinder Chadha defends her film

Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India

Updated on Aug 25, 2017 12:37 IST

Mumbai teenager brings school kids and slum children together for a grand concert

16-year-old Mrinalini Somani started the WE concert to help underprivileged children

Updated on Aug 19, 2017 17:09 IST

#Brunchreads: Five books that should be on your August reading list

Here are the five books on the Brunch shelf this week.

Updated on Aug 12, 2017 18:21 IST

White people shouldn’t align themselves with Hinduism for commercial gain: Canadian-Indian author Scaachi Kaul talks tough

Koul’s debut anthology comprises stories of her many experiences growing up as a first-generation Indian in Canada

Updated on Aug 5, 2017 17:55 IST

Plus-sized beauties emerging as the coolest game-changers in international fashion

Half-American half-Punjabi model, Liza Golden-Bhijwani proudly flaunts her plus-size today; Make-up and hair by Cassandra Kehren; Liza Golden-Bhojwani wears a one-piece swimsuit from Elizabeth Jane Swimwear

Updated on Jul 16, 2017 09:01 IST

India seems to be making some of the same mistakes that Pakistan made: Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid believes that fiction plays an important role in a political space, allowing readers to have emotional experiences

Updated on May 18, 2017 08:31 IST

I was obsessed with Karisma Kapoor’s clothes in Dil To Pagal Hai, says Rhea Kapoor

Stylist-cum-producer Rhea Kapoor

Updated on May 6, 2017 15:22 IST

I’m attracted to big bass, boys on bikes and being in the mountains, says singer Anushka Manchanda

Anushka Manchanda says that Viva wouldn’t have disbanded if the members had managed their interactions better

Updated on Apr 29, 2017 16:31 IST

A new documentary turns the lens on satirical performance poetry in Dakhani

A still from A Tongue Untied, featuring poet Mohammad Himayatullah

Updated on May 1, 2017 11:31 IST

A new book places erotica in an unusual setting: The imaginations of Punjabi widows

Singapore-based Balli Kaur Jaswal, who’s also lived in Russia, Japan and Australia, says the immigrant narrative is central to her writings

Updated on Jul 20, 2017 06:21 IST

Move over Mr, Ms and Mrs: Ungender now allows titles like Ind for Individual and Pr for Person

Today, the discourse around gender neutrality is going strong, with several establishments around the world taking change-inducing initiatives

Updated on Apr 15, 2017 15:57 IST

Books on the Brunch shelf this month

A feminist manifesto, a book on the immigrant experience and an illustrated delight have us hooked

Updated on Apr 15, 2017 12:43 IST

The man who cycled from India to Europe for love

PK and Lotta in Kroksjöås, Sweden

Updated on Mar 27, 2017 09:08 IST

Gender neutral model Petr Nitka: I’ve faced no hostility

Petr Nitka walked for many designers at Lakme Fashion Week last month

Updated on Mar 18, 2017 15:55 IST

Meet India’s newest sexual minority: The asexuals

For asexuals, relationships do not come with the trappings of sexual intimacy

Updated on Mar 18, 2017 15:53 IST

The pastry expert’s guide to ditching flour, eggs and sugar

Pastry chef Pooja Dhingra

Updated on Mar 26, 2017 04:14 IST

I would like to dress Ryan Gosling: Kunal Rawal

Kunal Rawal says that contrary to the fashionista she is today, Sonam Kapoor was quite tomboyish as a child

Updated on Feb 25, 2017 18:05 IST

Like everybody else, I was very scared – Paul Beatty, on Trump’s win

Paul Beatty says that Donald Trump’s inauguration speech reminded him of the old Marx Brothers film, Duck Soup (1933)

Updated on Feb 25, 2017 18:03 IST

When Bahubali gets a National Award, it’s devastating: Adoor Gopalakrishnan

From left: Anjali Menon, Subodh Bhave, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Vasanthabalan and Bejoy Nambiar in a session at the Gateway LitFest in Mumbai

Updated on Feb 28, 2017 10:28 IST

Tales of heritage that sweep across generations and continents

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni reading out from her novel at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet in January

Updated on Feb 20, 2017 14:01 IST

#NowReading: New books on the Brunch radar this week

Updated on Feb 21, 2017 12:12 IST

Are malls the new venues for music concerts?

Lucky Ali performing at High Street Phoenix, Lower Parel.

Updated on Feb 16, 2017 14:17 IST

Sax and the city: When jazz forged a relationship with Mumbai

Denzil Smith as the nameless protagonist, who mentors a young saxophonist

Updated on Feb 11, 2017 16:00 IST

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