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What was that ‘something else?’
By Meher Pestonji. With the emphasis on materialism and rational thinking, have humans de-valued, perhaps lost, subtle but powerful energy connections?
2 days ago4 min read


good DICTATOR... bad DICTATOR...
By Raju Mansukhani. Unputdownable John Pilger: On the second anniversary of passing away of the great journalist and filmmaker on 30 December 2023, we celebrate his life and work, sharing gems from his reportage; gems that continue to inspire generations of journalists-filmamkers-writers-thinkers-activists-students with universal ideas of justice, equality and liberty.
3 days ago8 min read


Jal, Jungle, Jameen: A Conscience in the Mountains
By Suresh Nautiyal. Tribute: Sunderlal Bahuguna remains an icon and inspiration, despite the contradictions.
4 days ago5 min read


Convicted rapists are not martyrs
By Anuradha Bhasin. What is worrying is that we are witnessing an increasing pattern of a combination of power, political protection, and legal manoeuvring that is creating an institutional framework where the survivor’s trauma matters little in the face of political influence.
6 days ago5 min read


Hands off Venezuela!
By Aditya Nigam. In Venezuela, with mass resistance of tens of thousands on the streets, Trump's gangster methods might fail.
6 days ago4 min read


Ankita Bhandari Murder Case: The lingering shadow of injustice
By Suresh Nautiyal. Ankita Bhandari’s name will continue to return—not as history, but as a warning. And warnings, when ignored for too long, have a way of returning with greater force.
Jan 48 min read


THE NATION IS OUTRAGED!
By Kumudini Pati. If our daughters are not safe in this country, than the entire society should stand up in outrage and protest -- relentlessly -- till the criminals are punished, and the survivor, her mother, and her family get justice.
Jan 48 min read


Ranthambore: A woman in a bright orange sari
Life at the forest's edge This is not a place that performs for visitors. Ranthambore exists on its own terms, in its own time, and you either learn to move with its rhythm or you miss everything that matters. By Aayushi Rana There are moments in life when something inside you asks for change. Mine had been asking quietly for a while, but I'd been too caught up in routine to listen. From a desk job that measured time in emails and deadlines, from a hectic life that had forgot
Jan 49 min read


‘Why can't you be serious and funny at the same time?' ’
By Baishali Chatterjee . Would you like the story of your life to be told in a highly boring fashion, or would you like it to be told with beautiful music in it?
Jan 210 min read


So why did they MURDER YOUNG ANGEL CHAKMA?
By Suresh Nautiyal. Civilised societies do not measure the worth of human life by passports and facial features.
Jan 27 min read


‘Can sex work or erotic dance be called as work? ’
Filmmaker Paromita Vohra in conversation with Baishali Chatterjee on working girls/women, sex work, domestic work, erotic dance, paid and unpaid housework, commercial surragacy, egg donation and women's rights in our society.
Jan 29 min read


The Long Way Home
By Beena Vijayalakshmy in Ontario. The connection ran deep. The girl’s gaze is unflinching yet tender, both a warning and an invitation to witness her world.
The child tracing artworks, the woman carrying quiet pressures and ambitions, the observer craving stillness—all found space here.
Jan 24 min read


The night falls... The desire of red flowers...
Editor's Note: Dear Readers. A work of art is an eternal melody in bloom. As we enter a new year of despair and optimism, here is an artist's precious gift to you -- painted with the final dots post-midnight of 31st December, 2025. Stay blessed and inspiring. Take good care of yourself. Let's make the world a better place.
Jan 11 min read


THE BORDER is in the mind...
By Narendra Pachkhede. The ‘refugee’ is a mythical symbol of hate. The border is everywhere now.
Dec 31, 20259 min read


This New Year, a Paper Crane tells a Story…
By Maitreyi Kaptijn and Swarna Rajagopalan/Sapan News. Does it matter if one girl sits with her aunt to draw some pictures and write some words? We believe it matters.
Dec 31, 20255 min read


The Sydney Tragedy, and our ‘Eight Minutes’ Apocalypse Now
By Pervez Akhtar Khan. This is not justice. It is escalation by slogan.
Dec 25, 20254 min read


Press Club of India, Sapan, Editors Guild call for media freedom, stop violence
By Regina Johnson. Stop the violence against the media, and the hounding of journalists.
Dec 25, 20253 min read


We were groomed for a destination we did not choose...
By Rao Farman Ali. This alienation, she argues, severs the child from their cultural moorings. “When your worth is tied to a biology textbook or a physics equation, even problems of mathematics, what room is there for Lal Ded’s Vaakhs, Shaikh Ul Alam's Shruks or the revolutionary verses of Abdul Ahad Azad, even patriotic stanzas of Mehjoor?
Dec 25, 20255 min read


Remove the Inner Shackles
By Rao Farman Ali. At least they will not be trapped inside, waiting for the storm.
Dec 25, 20254 min read


As Golden as Honey
By Rao Farman Ali. Last spring in Kashmir, Altaf secured the hives on his mini-truck successfully and happily caught the first light of the snow on the peaks. His journey, like that of his bees, was a search for sustenance and sweetness in a rugged, beautiful, and uncertain land, with that deep sense of hope, that this journey will continue -- come what may.
Dec 21, 20257 min read
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