By Amit Sengupta. War as a fantastic, cathartic, fanatic, White Supremacist, racist, masculine ‘Game of Thrones’ with Trump as the newest prophet of doom, and Hegseth his sidekick with a crusader’s tattoo on his body.

By Suresh Nautiyal. Big victory for Green Party in UK. A plumber shows the way!

By Amit Sengupta. When the Tide Goes Out. Where ever they went, they enriched the land, made the earth golden, the sweat on their brow nourishing the soil.

By Anuradha Bhasin. Free Press. That may be wishful thinking in times when the government is pushing independent media to the brink and patronising an ecosystem of noise and nuisance.

By Ganpaty Nataraj. Modi called Benjamin Netanyahu — a man the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for — his brother.

By Ajith Pillai in Chennai. AI. Will we become slaves to the machines and the corporations that run them?

By Rao Farman Ali. Mutton holds a central place in daily life and family/community celebrations. Dishes such as the aromatic Rogan Josh, Rista, and the celebrated Gushtaba highlight how mutton is the essence of Wazwaan, Kashmir's traditional grand feast.

By Suresh Nautiyal. Little India is no longer merely a relic of colonial segregation; it is a confident commercial hub integrated into Singapore’s disciplined urban order.

Said Arundhati Roy: ‘It is a way of shutting down a conversation about a crime against humanity even as it unfolds before us in real time—when artists, writers and filmmakers should be doing everything in their power to stop it.’

By Naren Singh Rao. So why is the Assam CM talking about 'point-blank' in hate politics AI images, and Rs 4 to rickwhaw-pullers?

By Vikram Zutshi. There is something almost surreal about reading a luxury fashion writer describe her sequined Manish Malhotra sari paired with Cartier jewellery, and then shifting into commentary about anti-immigration marches.

By Raju Mansukhani. On his 123rd birth anniversary, remember his words: Fanaticism is the greatest thorn in the path of cultural intimacy.

By Satya Sagar. Hope floats. In satire and caricature. In dissent and resistance. In freedom and justice.

By Narendra . His films do not argue. They persist. They ask not what history means, but how long one is willing to remain with it after meaning has thinned out.

By Nivedita Chandrappa. I never ever expected to encounter another woman like Scarlett O’Hara on the big screen—but then Agnes Hathaway appeared in Hamnet, brought to life with remarkable intensity by Irish actress Jessie Buckley.

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

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.

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