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‘The selfie…offers us a window not only to the individual self, but through its deliberate or incidental positioning, allows us to unpack moments in cultural,…
24-Sep-2024
Eunice Newton Foote, scientist and women’s rights activist, was the first to posit a connection between atmospheric gases and rising temperatures.
26-Jun-2024
Rising college fee costs mean a growing debt burden for Indian students in North America and the UK, and an excess supply of graduates mean it is much more…
18-Jun-2024
A parliamentary democracy thrives on diverse representation and opinion. The strong leader syndrome of the past decade is antithetical to such a democracy.…
10-Jun-2024
Tagore’s visit to China in April 1924 was significant, both then and now. The poet’s vision of Pan Asianism saw Asia as a force for the oppressed. As Western…
08-Apr-2024
What kind of India do we want? Alok Sheel pens a ballad on two visions.
25-Mar-2024
For half a century, Muhammad Yousuf Muran has been carving wood figurines, the last of his family to practise the art. The lack of patronage has led the…
12-Mar-2024
A rendition of ‘Abide With Me’ for modern India.
05-Feb-2024
The tendency of the human mind, whether fighting for personal territory or fighting for justice, is to create an enemy: self vs the other, us vs them. good vs…
08-Jan-2024
In their different ways, two recent novels about living in urban India, 'Quarterlife' and 'History’s Angel', urge us to recognise, in the…
12-Dec-2023
The Meos of Mewat who suffered so much in the recent violence in Nuh, Haryana, have a history of seeking to live in peace. A writer discovers her grandfather…
01-Nov-2023
‘While We Watched’, a documentary on the journalist Ravish Kumar, is a courageous film that tells the story of our times, specifically the steady decline in…
24-Jul-2023