By Ratna Raman. In VS Naipaul's semi-autobiographical ‘A House for Mr Biswas’, there are only fleeting glimpses of its most attractive woman character. What if she were to tell her story and that of Naipaul – or Anand, her son in the novel – instead of the other way round? Hence, her story.

Vizag is choking. The impact is especially severe on children, the poor and elderly.

By Nayeema Ahmad Mehjoor. And those waves still warm me. How Zoona Dub became a lifeline for every household in beautiful Kashmir, and how it became a role model for radio stations of All India Radio.

By Aayushi Rana. Can a poem stop a bullet?

By Meher Pestonji. Vincent Delacroix’ book, Small Boat, short listed for the 2025 Booker is a philosophically fictitious version of an incident that occurred on the night of November 23/24, 2021. An inflatable dinghy, overloaded with thirty migrants, capsized, drowning 27 refugees. Small Boat is a startling, unexpected book that philosophizes, as much as exposes the frailty of the human condition today.

By Satya Sagar. There's something about original, creative, auithentic hand-drawn work that AI cannot and can never fully replicate.

By B Sivaraman. New York can hardly be described as a major urban citadel of the Left. It cannot be compared to a ‘revolutionary St. Petersburg in Russia, or Red Vienna and Red Berlin of the early 20th century. Zohran Mamdani’s performance would be closely watched.

By Rao Farman Ali. As the sun sets over Pampore, casting long shadows across the patchy fields, Abdul Hamid Wani sits on his haunches, looking at the small, crimson pile in a wooden tray that represents a year of his life, his hope, and his struggle. It is a sight that brings to mind an old couplet, a nightingale's plea to a stone for a single blade of grass.

By Nargis Natarajan. "My family is financially stable. But I cannot bear the inhuman pressure for such a minor job. I am mentally shattered,”

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.

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.”

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.

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?

By Meher Pestonji. Lush has just re-launched it's watermelon soap in solidarity with Palestine.

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.

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.

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,”

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.

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.

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.