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Not an idea, an ache: GIVE ME GREEN
By Suresh Nautiyal, Change does not always arrive as revolution. Sometimes it arrives as a question, a doubt, a enigma, that refuses to say goodbye.


Why Delimitation can be dangerous: A Not-So-Quiet Coup Against South India
By Ganpy Nataraj. India’s women, and India’s states, deserve better than that.


90 lakh voter names deleted! What's going on in West Bengal?
By Rahul. SIR data show that over 53% of the deletions were women.


Don’t restrict your daughters, educate your sons
By Antara Chandra. The boys and girls who marched at midnight: What the Internet can teach us about emotions and ethics.


Tax the super-rich, close the gap
the country's richest 1% control close to 40% of the national wealth.


STOP these FORCED marriages
Instead of a life of slavery in forced marriages, educated daughters deserve a future forged by choice not compulsion.
degree remains a quiet indictment of progress unfulfilled.


Bengal: Daylight Dacoity as a Public Spectacle?
By Aditya Nigam. Will West Bengal be the Waterloo of the West India Company?


This book found me in London. When I finally reached for it, something shifted
Amit Sengupta’s A Sudden Golden Smile enters with the tempered force of early spring,


Justice for NOIDA workers: Delhi Union of Journalists
The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), condemns the severe police action against striking factory workers of NOIDA and the attack on some reporters covering the protests on April 13.


From Bengal, despair... and the optimism of resistance
By Sreela Das Gupta. A poem on hope amidst all-round angst and anger in Bengal.


An Ass is an Ass is an Ass is an Ass...
Cartoons by Satya Sagar. From the stone age to empty gas cylinders to a fake ceasefire and a damned doddering donkey in the desert. Cartoons of the week.


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:


The Potato Eaters, and the Sunflowers are not blooming
By Uttara Shidore. Remembering Vincent Van Gogh. Not as a great artist, but as a compassionate human being rooted in the margins.


Not in the Church’s Shadow, But in the Shadow of the Cross
By Vijayan MJ. But hope remains—if it is grounded in struggle. Ambedkar taught hope as organised courage. Bhagat Singh rejected surrender. Che Guevara refused neutrality. Birsa Munda defended land and life as civilisational resistance.


Rocky is gorgeous. The movie is beautiful. Go see it.
By Ganpy Nataraj. You can be brave and self-sacrificing and still want to come home.


The beauty of a Body in Motion... Rhythm, Presence, Percussion
By Aprameya Manthena . It reminds of the inherent beauty and awe of witnessing highly trained human bodies in motion.


it’s a hard rain that's going to fall...
By Seema Mustafa. Trump is in a catch-22 situation.


N0 EXIT: There is nooooo wayyyyy outttt…
By Jeff Berg. How do we keep this casino from shutting off the lights?


AI is not reliable. Especially in a conflict zone. QED. Hence proved.
By Ajith Pillai. Wars are mindless. It only spreads death and destruction. The script never changes—AI has only made it worse.


'I am so scared… please come…' They can block the film in India. Can they block the little girl's last words, ever?
India repeatedly abstained from UN resolutions which called for a ceasefire in Gaza
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