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

By Raju Mansukhani. Unputdownable John Pilger: On the second anniversary of passing away of the great journalist and filmmaker on 30 December 2023, we celebrate his life and work, sharing gems from his reportage; gems that continue to inspire generations of journalists-filmamkers-writers-thinkers-activists-students with universal ideas of justice, equality and liberty.

By Suresh Nautiyal. Tribute: Sunderlal Bahuguna remains an icon and inspiration, despite the contradictions.

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 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.

By Kumudini Pati. If our daughters are not safe in this country, than the entire society should stand up in outrage and protest -- relentlessly -- till the criminals are punished, and the survivor, her mother, and her family get justice.

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

By Baishali Chatterjee . Would you like the story of your life to be told in a highly boring fashion, or would you like it to be told with beautiful music in it?  

By Suresh Nautiyal. Civilised societies do not measure the worth of human life by passports and facial features.

Filmmaker Paromita Vohra in conversation with Baishali Chatterjee on working girls/women, sex work, domestic work, erotic dance, paid and unpaid housework, commercial surragacy, egg donation and women's rights in our society.

By Beena Vijayalakshmy in Ontario. The connection ran deep. The girl’s gaze is unflinching yet tender, both a warning and an invitation to witness her world.   The child tracing artworks, the woman carrying quiet pressures and ambitions, the observer craving stillness—all found space here.

Editor's Note: Dear Readers. A work of art is an eternal melody in bloom. As we enter a new year of despair and optimism, here is an artist's precious gift to you -- painted with the final dots post-midnight of 31st December, 2025. Stay blessed and inspiring. Take good care of yourself. Let's make the world a better place.

By Narendra Pachkhede. The ‘refugee’ is a mythical symbol of hate. The border is everywhere now.

By Maitreyi Kaptijn and Swarna Rajagopalan/Sapan News. Does it matter if one girl sits with her aunt to draw some pictures and write some words? We believe it matters.

By Regina Johnson. Stop the violence against the media, and the hounding of journalists.

By Rao Farman Ali. This alienation, she argues, severs the child from their cultural moorings. “When your worth is tied to a biology textbook or a physics equation, even problems of mathematics, what room is there for Lal Ded’s Vaakhs, Shaikh Ul Alam's Shruks or the revolutionary verses of Abdul Ahad Azad, even patriotic stanzas of Mehjoor?

By Rao Farman Ali. At least they will not be trapped inside, waiting for the storm.

By Rao Farman Ali. Last spring in Kashmir, Altaf secured the hives on his mini-truck successfully and happily caught the first light of the snow on the peaks. His journey, like that of his bees, was a search for sustenance and sweetness in a rugged, beautiful, and uncertain land, with that deep sense of hope, that this journey will continue -- come what may.

By Janaky Sreedharan. Seema Khanwalkar offers an interesting mix of insights into folk culture, popularity of nano cars, digital identity of the sari, vagaries of the Indian middle class and the branding of Gandhi, to name but a few.

By Regina Johnson. Even in her absence, Roy’s work created a space for critical thinking. The conversation illustrated the book club’s goal of using global literature as a bridge between cultures and struggles.