By Amit Sengupta. What happens to their unstated love and friendship? Sometimes, Maya just cannot take her mind away from him, while Charlotte tells her, laughing, have you not noticed it -- he is besotted with you.

By Beena Vijayalakshmy in Toronto. Who would want to marry a person who doesn’t really want to marry you, for whatever ludicrous reason?

By Shahnawaz Akhtar. "If a Bharat Ratna recipient has to prove his citizenship, and that too because of a dubious and secretive software that enjoys no legal standing, then what would it be like for an ordinary citizen, say a poor woman…"

By Narendra Pachkhede in Toronto. Cold War newsreels, B-grade science fiction, propaganda films, military footage, diagrams. Nothing is original.

By Warsha Mishra, Users have exploited the bot to create deepfake images that ‘undress’ photographs posted online, causing intense embarrassment and psychological trauma to the victims.

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.

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.

By Meher Pestonji. With the emphasis on materialism and rational thinking, have humans de-valued, perhaps lost, subtle but powerful energy connections?

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.

By Suresh Nautiyal. Tribute: Sunderlal Bahuguna remains an icon and inspiration, despite the contradictions.

By Aditya Nigam. In Venezuela, with mass resistance of tens of thousands on the streets, Trump's gangster methods might fail.

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.

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.

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

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?  

By Suresh Nautiyal. Civilised societies do not measure the worth of human life by passports and facial features.

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.

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.

By Narendra Pachkhede. The ‘refugee’ is a mythical symbol of hate. The border is everywhere now.

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.