Rice, Fat, Meat, Streets

Why does biryani mean so much to so many people on the Indian subcontinent? The answers may be found on the streets of one of the world’s food capitals: Karachi.”

Source: Fifty Two
Published: Oct 14, 2021
Length: 21 minutes (5,300 words)

Hathi

“Millions suffered through terror and upheaval in the turbulent years following the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. One of them was a baby elephant from India.”

Source: Fifty Two
Published: Apr 15, 2021
Length: 17 minutes (4,480 words)

Smashed

“How prohibition came to Andhra Pradesh, and how it’s going.”

Source: Fifty Two
Published: Feb 11, 2021
Length: 26 minutes (6,598 words)

The Dogs of Gurgaon

“Gurgaon’s relationship with its canine residents is both a symptom, and a result, of how this town, sometimes called India’s ‘Millennium City,’ incubates new ambitions, heinous old inequities, and ecological ruin.”

Source: Fifty Two
Published: Nov 11, 2020
Length: 17 minutes (4,400 words)