All week long, we’re celebrating Joy of Giving week. Indians have been singled out for being pretty damn stingy with their time and money. In July, Mint carried an exegesis on “Why Indians don’t give back to society.” This is a counter-movement.

In this report, we feature Mumbai’s Leopold Cafe - an eternal hotspot that has reinvented itself as an emblem of Mumbai’s unfettered, unstoppable spirit

Sonologue met with lawyer Gautam Patel for this essay about how Mumbai refused to be cowed down after the terrorist attacks in November for Radio Netherlands’ The State We’re In program. Click either of the links to reach the piece entitled “Refusing to be scared”.