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Drugs

Two Hash Smoking Sadhus Told Us Why We Shouldn't Smoke Hash

The ascetics gave me life advice while passing around a 20-year-old chillum.
Parthshri Arora
8.2.18
Music

Godless To Make International Debut at Wacken Open Air 2018

And it’s all possible thanks to the support of the Telangana State Government and a local businessman.
Uday Kapur
8.1.18
Religion

Adrift on a River of Penises at the Maha Kumbh Mela

A female photographer captures the vulnerability of the de-sexualised male body.
S Chak
8.1.18
Culture

This Mumbai Store Is Right up Your Diagon Alley if You’re a Harry Potter Fan

To celebrate 38 years of the Boy Who Lived, we visited a Wiccan shop to compare its magic to Rowling’s wizarding world.
Shamani Joshi
Images by Karan Salunkhe
7.31.18
Hip-Hop

Welcome to Rhymistan, the Launchpad for Pakistan’s Exploding Hip-Hop Scene

‘Some of these performers will be big one day, Inshallah.’
Paul Gasnier
7.31.18
Sleep

Nap Kings and Queens Describe Their Sleep Marathons

‘My father tried to get me tested for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.’
Zeyad Masroor Khan
7.31.18
insects

The Moth Appreciation Event I Went to Had More People Than Moths

This sanctuary has snakes, mongoose, and insects, but not a lot of moths, alas.
Zeyad Masroor Khan
7.30.18
LGBTQ

We Attended India’s First Transgender Poetry Meet

The event offered a safe space to process difficult emotions through creativity, but it was also tinged by a bitter feud within the trans community.
Amita Ghose
Yours Truly
All images by Satwik Paul.
7.30.18
Sex-Rated: The VICE Guide to Sex

Inside the Secret World of Gay & Trans Sex Parties of India

Crossdressers, gay and trans-Indians are raving, but their queer parties tell us a story beyond sex.
Roshan K
7.30.18
biking

A Biker Stuntman Went From Scooty Tricks to Videos for Baadshah and Honey Singh

From outrunning cops to helping them nab rival biker gangs, Gurman Singh has seen it all from the seat of his ride.
Zeyad Masroor Khan
7.27.18
Sex-Rated: The VICE Guide to Sex

How To Have Sex in Public. And Not Get Caught by Cops

“Without the safety of locked doors and four walls, there’s a sense of vulnerability and danger you feel which can be extremely exciting.”
Shamani Joshi
7.27.18
Film

This Tibetan Waiter Is an Actor in an Award-Winning Film

When Shavo Dorjee witnessed Jamphel Yeshi’s self-immolation, he didn’t know he’d be playing a character based on the anti-China protester a few years later.
Asmita Bakshi
7.27.18
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