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Macaulay Misunderstood
By Dr Vijay Chitaman Sonawane. The epoch-making contribution of Lord Macaulay to education in India and the sustained disinformation campaign against his education policy have to be seen through the lens of the Phule-Ambedkar epistemology.
Dec 4, 20256 min read


A Nickel, and the Damned
By Bharat Dogra. Writes Diana Henriques, “Captivating…Just promise that you’ll read this book from cover to cover and pass it on to your friends and relatives.”
Dec 4, 20254 min read


Supreme Court orders return of pregnant woman from Bangladesh
For Sunali, the court verdict is more than just a legal victory. It is a chance to reclaim her dignity, to return to her home, to prepare for childbirth surrounded by her own people.
Dec 3, 20253 min read


There...
By Arjun Janah. Will we meet, beyond the mountain, The ones we loved and lost? Will we hear the songs familiar—Or will this all be lost?
Dec 2, 20252 min read


Watermelon once more
By Meher Pestonji. Lush has just re-launched it's watermelon soap in solidarity with Palestine.
Dec 2, 20251 min read


A Global Digital Gateway? Is it?
In Vizag, citizens are struggling with clogged noses, sore throats and burning, itchy eyes. Asthma attacks, chronic bronchitis and a host of pollution-induced ailments are surging at an alarming rate.
Dec 1, 20254 min read


Homegrown Bumpkin Discovers a Dinosaur
By Ramsharan Joshi. the amazing world of the fossils welcomed us with its ancient treasure of giant creatures which have vanished forever from our planet.
Nov 20, 20253 min read


‘Borderless, fearless, and extraordinarily delicious’
Author Anne Lamott praised the work effusively: “I love this book so much—the wisdom, the welcome, the quality of Padma’s writing, the depth of her shared experiences, and, oh my God, the recipes. This book makes me feel as if she is gently and boldly cooking right beside me,”
Nov 19, 20255 min read


Vivesini: The 'She' Enquirer
By Ajith Pillai. As a film, Vivesini is remarkable for having no villain or dark embodiment of evil to lure unsuspecting victims. No diabolical hypnotist puts the characters through a psychotic, mind-numbing, illusory and chaotic trance.
Nov 17, 20255 min read


GASPING FOR BREATH: ONCE AGAIN
By Copy Desk. This unchecked governance failure has directly led to record-breaking pollution in Delhi and elsewhere, with hazardous air choking the region and pushing public health to the brink.
Nov 12, 20256 min read


Kabaddi as Liberation
By R Kalpana. Inspired from the travails of the real story of Manathi Ganesan, national kabaddi player, who won the gold medal for India at the Japan Olympics, this film brings to life the horrifying events in a player’s hard and heady journey to success.
Nov 9, 20253 min read


When the tide rises, their names will be on its waves
By Jesu Rethinam and Vijayan MJ. On November 5 this year, fisherwomen across India and the world celebrated the first International Fisher Women’s Day (IFWD) — a day not born in the corridors of institutions, but on the sands of Valiyathura, Kerala, amid the voices of working women who mend, dry, sell, and defend fish and life itself.
Nov 9, 20255 min read


The Last Supper in Red and Blue
By Meher Pestonji. Two huge paintings – MF Husain’s ‘The Last Supper in Red’ and ‘The Last Supper in Blue’ – face opposite walls of a softly lit gallery, a long, slim table overladen with fruit between them. Another sparse table with two chairs for gallerist Dadiba Pundole and art historian Ranjit Hoskote, face a select audience of art connoisseurs.
Nov 9, 20254 min read


Ritwik Ghatak: Shunned in his lifetime, proven right at the end of it all
By Shamya Dasgupta. An idealist. A rebel. A genius filmmaker. The resurrection of Ritwik Ghatak.
Nov 3, 20258 min read


So why did the koel stop singing?
By Amit Sengupta. Then something like a smile passed fleetingly over what had once been her face.
Nov 2, 20256 min read


Glorify the Woman -- Only when she is Symbolic, Silent, Distant
By Benjamin Joseph. This is not cinema that seeks empathy—it demands confrontation, defies simplicity.
Nov 2, 20254 min read


The Sigh of Leh
By Anuradha Bhasin. The post-2019 reality should have led to a consensus in the three regions – Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh – over similar grievances and challenges, but they stand even more estranged.
Nov 2, 20256 min read


Chui Mui. Lajwati. Lajjawati. Totta-Shurungi. Mimosa Pudica…
By Ratna Raman. ‘Mimosa pudica’ is identified as feminine and the traits of ‘lajja’ or ‘pudica’ become a pattern of behaviour associated with the female gender. Lajjawati is a woman endowed with shyness or ‘laaj’, who can be easily discomfited or embarrassed. In Tamil, it is known as ‘totta-shurungi’ which translates into English as that which would shrink upon touch.
Oct 26, 20256 min read


Around the world in eight dollars
By Ramsharan Joshi. Inside the Muir Redwoods, where the natives lived for centuries, until they were eliminated by the whites.
Oct 24, 20253 min read


Walk out! Speak up!
By Purnima Chakraborti. Feminist Street Theatre: The Rhythms of Resistance. The sense of an urgent need for change is skilfully conveyed to the reader through photographs, quotations from plays, and narratives about performances.
Oct 18, 20254 min read
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