Editors Note by S Prasannarajan; Being a conservative by Swapan Dasgupta; Reading the lives of others by Srinath Raghavan; India through slogans by PR Ramesh; DNA is destiny by Madhavankutty Pillai; The learning curve by Ullekh NP; A political history of hygiene by Siddharth Singh; Out of Africa by James Astill; The first Indian by Lhendup G Bhutia; A portrait of Gokarna by V Shoba; The ultimate souvenir by Charmy Harikrishnan; The Mahabharata moment by Bibek Debroy; Three-seven-seven and the blue gay gene by Upamanyu Chatterjee and more...