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The Fractured Lens: A Kashmiri Student's Unfinished Theory
By Mubashir Maqbool. A dangerous, beautiful thought bloomed in his chest:
23 hours ago5 min read
How they used Clever Cutting-Edge Tech to break Jammed Internet, Stay Connected
By Jayashree Srikant. How GenZ subverted the Internet blockade using high-tech stuff on their digital devices.
4 days ago4 min read
Why are journalists being booed in public places?
Why a big section of mainstream media in India, especially, TV, has lost all credibility.
Jul 305 min read
An Open Letter from Concerned Citizens to the Police and Security Forces at Jantar Mantar, Delhi on July 20, 2026
We write this letter to you making a demand on your heart and your conscience.
Jul 298 min read
This generation does not see fun and resistance as opposites
By Divya Trivedi. Our job is not to tell the next generation how to fight and resist. It is to stand beside them. Or get out of the way.
Jul 274 min read
The Instagram generation knows its mind
By Aditya Nigam. Much of the initial response to the movement, was based on prejudice, completely devoid of any factual basis.
Jul 253 min read
Pakeezah, Zeenat, Asmat, Shaziya, Shobiya…
By Amit Sengupta. Kashmir Diary. Kashmir Diary 2: The future of the world is in this room
Jul 125 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.
Jul 126 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.
Jul 115 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.
Jul 119 min read
Aha! Vozinha!
By MJ Vijayan. They dared to challenge the champions and almost got them down on their knees!
Jul 75 min read
Predators, Perverts, Paedophiles: And all that Sleaze on Social Media
By Ajith Pillai in Chennai. Targeting children. Two recent verdicts in New Mexico and Los Angeles exposes the sleazy side of social media:
Jul 67 min read
Angela and Ivan: THE POWER OF LOVE
By Amit Sengupta. Fly in the sky, celebrating love, passion and peace.
Jul 53 min read
So where do I truly belong?
By Dr Aditi Parimoo. So where are you from?
Jun 215 min read
The ‘Good Bahu’ Checklist vs The LinkedIn Bio
The Generation in the Middle: The pressure arrives in waves. First, it is the well-meaning aunt at a wedding. Then it is a forwarded article in the family WhatsApp group. Then it is a reel on Instagram, featuring a 29-year-old woman tearfully describing how she "waited too long". Independent Ink Feature Service There is a particular kind of exhaustion that has nothing to do with sleep deprivation, though millennial women are certainly familiar with that too. It is the exhaust
Jun 204 min read
From Shakira's Waka Waka to Dai Dai... LET'S GO!
The Gobal Village: Pictures of the week.
Jun 152 min read
The Leaks. The Scandal. The Botch-up. The students' protests. Every image tells a story...
Images of the week: NEET leaks. CBSE scandal. CUET botch-up. The massive protests. Etc.
Jun 131 min read
Welcome to the 'Heat Islands'
By Dr Shiwani Pandey. Expand disaster management to include heatwaves as a primary hazard.
Jun 137 min read
Mirror Mirror tell me: Am I the Most Perfect One?
By Diksha Kashyap. We live in a world where imperfections are edited out. Perfect lives, grades, beauty, happiness.
Jun 113 min read
NOT ACCEPTABLE...
The demolition drive of the Gujjar Bakrwal community by the Jammu Administration is in absolute violation of Article 21 of the Constitution and Forest Rights Act 2006.
Jun 62 min read
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