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Two Visions For India

What kind of India do we want? Alok Sheel pens a ballad on two visions.

▶25-Mar-2024

Alok Sheel

In Kashmir, a Deaf and Mute Artisan Keeps Afloat a Dying Art

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

Owais Gul, Adil Hussain

‘Abide With Me’ for 2024

A rendition of ‘Abide With Me’ for modern India.

▶05-Feb-2024

Sriram Panchu

How Does Kabir Still Speak To Us?

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

Vipul Rikhi

The Lives of Our Past

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

Stuti Khanna

Meo Yasin Khan: A Secularist, a Pluralist and a Peace Broker

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

Anisa Rahim

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