Arindam Mukherjee

Colour is al­ready run­ning riot in pock­ets of In­dia’s heart­land, days ahead of fes­ti­val of colours.

In a crick­et-ob­sessed na­tion, kushti – a tra­di­tion­al form of wrestling – still sur­vives with many flex­ing their mus­cles.

North In­di­an city famed for its tan­ner­ies is be­ing choked by un­treat­ed ef­flu­ents that are blight­ing its pop­u­la­tion.