Games
There Is No Guaranteed Trick to Winning an Online Game, and Kashmiri Card Nights Taught Me Why
On a houseboat on Dal Lake, after the evening tea has been cleared away, someone usually produces a deck of cards and a tin of...
Lifestyle and entertainment writer, page 4 of 6
Amir covers lifestyle, entertainment and the contemporary culture of South Asia. He is particularly interested in how tradition and modern life intersect in cities like Srinagar.
Games
On a houseboat on Dal Lake, after the evening tea has been cleared away, someone usually produces a deck of cards and a tin of...
Food & Cuisine
The first time I stayed with a family in Srinagar in winter, I was handed a small cup of something pink before I had even taken...
Entertainment
Kashmir has appeared on screen in Indian cinema for decades, usually as a backdrop, snow-capped mountains and alpine lakes...
Games
Games were once abstract playgrounds, but many now recreate real places and times with such care that players explore the world...
Games
Ancient sites survive as ruins, fragments that the imagination has to fill in, and games have found a remarkable way to fill...
Games
Some games do not invent their worlds but recreate real ones, rebuilding actual cities, landscapes, and even the whole planet...