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Civil Society Appeal to Sonam Wangchuk and Others on Hunger Strike at Cockroach Janata Party Protest
This battle is a marathon, not a sprint, and we need you, your strength and leadership in the days to come.
1 day ago3 min read
Pakeezah, Zeenat, Asmat, Shaziya, Shobiya…
By Amit Sengupta. Kashmir Diary. Kashmir Diary 2: The future of the world is in this room
4 days ago5 min read
A shadow crosses her face...
By Amit Sengupta. Kashmir Diary Part One. She thinks. She is thinking. Her light eyes move into the distance, scanning the valley. And then turn inwards. She is thinking.
4 days ago6 min read
Which way is up?
By Uttara Shidore. What M.C. Escher taught me about autism and parenting.
4 days ago4 min read
‘I claim Tagore and Iqbal, Lata Mangeshkar and Mehdi Hassan, Mohenjo-daro and Taxila’
By Pervez Akhtar Khan, retired Air Commodore of the Pakistan Air Force. Patriotism does not mean hate another country.
5 days ago5 min read
An 11-year-old girl, a birthday gift, 10 CCTV clips, one pair of shoes, and a marshy swamp
By Antara Swarnakar. Ordinary folks investigate a child’s rape and murder, while the police drag their feet.
6 days ago9 min read
Satluj is becoming a cult classic
By Divya Trivedi. People are taking projectors into villages across Punjab and organising screenings.
6 days ago5 min read
The Man without a CV, and the Man with a Charge Sheet of History
By Narendra Pachkhede in London. The Man without a CV.
Jul 57 min read
The Dancing Girl
By Anuradha Bhasin. Pink dress or digital garbs, she stands as she is – with her naked truth...
Jul 36 min read
So why did her tennis racket showcase the Water Melon?
Role model of the day: If the Ukrainian flag is allowed, why not the flag of Palestine?
Jul 31 min read
The Magic of Wullar
By Shakeel ur Rasool in Bandipura.
In winter, Wullar Lake becomes magical with a kaleidoscope of magnificent colours stretched across a white blanket of snow.
Jun 211 min read
From Shakira's Waka Waka to Dai Dai... LET'S GO!
The Gobal Village: Pictures of the week.
Jun 152 min read
NOW DON'T ASK US WHY...?
The non-violent young uprising spreads.
Jun 141 min read
Why are they hell-bent on destroying Vizag and its ecological lifeline?
Vizag simply cannot withstand further assaults on its fragile ecological systems.
Jun 136 min read
'We forget things if we have no one to tell them to'
By Abha Soni. The acclaimed film, with Irfan, great actor, now a magical musical at Berkeley.
Jun 133 min read
Shuttle cock democracy?
The English Badminton Club in London etcetera. Cockroach Commentary.
Jun 131 min read
Oh! he, a fifty times cool. And me, fifty times a fool...
BySreela Dasgupta in Santiniketan. He was a man's man.
Jun 113 min read
A $15 billion data centre in Vizag: So WHY this SECRECY ?
By Ajith Pillai. When a government or corporate entity opts for opacity and secrecy rather than transparency, it often indicates that it has much to conceal.
The $15 billion Adani-Google hyper-scale project in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, exemplifies this.
From the beginning, there has been a noticeable reluctance to share information with the citizens of this Tier 2 port city, who will be the most affected by the mega project.
By all accounts, it was a covertly concei
Jun 117 min read
‘Guns may shoot, and knives may carve, but we won’t wear your silly scarves'
By Divya Trivedi. Tribute to Marjane Satrapi. Rebel, graphic artist, writer, filmmaker, a great human being.
Jun 54 min read
Smartphone romance is cool, but don’t look for happy endings
By Abhish K Bose.The dopamine loop’s the same as teenagers, with added risks: anxiety, low self-esteem, fraud, insomnia, late-life depression, loneliness.
Jun 14 min read
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