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What was that ‘something else?’
By Meher Pestonji. With the emphasis on materialism and rational thinking, have humans de-valued, perhaps lost, subtle but powerful energy connections?


good DICTATOR... bad DICTATOR...
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.


Jal, Jungle, Jameen: A Conscience in the Mountains
By Suresh Nautiyal. Tribute: Sunderlal Bahuguna remains an icon and inspiration, despite the contradictions.


Convicted rapists are not martyrs
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.


Ankita Bhandari Murder Case: The lingering shadow of injustice
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.


THE NATION IS OUTRAGED!
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.
Editor's Pick


The night falls... The desire of red flowers...
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.


THE BORDER is in the mind...
By Narendra Pachkhede. The ‘refugee’ is a mythical symbol of hate. The border is everywhere now.


This New Year, a Paper Crane tells a Story…
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.
Politics


good DICTATOR... bad DICTATOR...
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.


Jal, Jungle, Jameen: A Conscience in the Mountains
By Suresh Nautiyal. Tribute: Sunderlal Bahuguna remains an icon and inspiration, despite the contradictions.


Convicted rapists are not martyrs
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.
History


Hands off Venezuela!
By Aditya Nigam. In Venezuela, with mass resistance of tens of thousands on the streets, Trump's gangster methods might fail.


The Long Way Home
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.


Architect of Immortality
By Raju Mansukhani. It takes a philosopher-poet to lead us onto a poet-historian.
Society


What was that ‘something else?’
By Meher Pestonji. With the emphasis on materialism and rational thinking, have humans de-valued, perhaps lost, subtle but powerful energy connections?


‘Why can't you be serious and funny at the same time?' ’
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?


The Sydney Tragedy, and our ‘Eight Minutes’ Apocalypse Now
By Pervez Akhtar Khan. This is not justice. It is escalation by slogan.
Ground Report


To Rebel is To Be!
By Amit Sengupta. The sudden, radical rupture inflames the rain-soaked afternoon. The fire spreads in the eyes, and inside clenched fists. A mother holds her little child close to her heart, eyes blazing. A thin, wiry young woman in a red sari, becomes a fiery symbol of shakti – women’s power. A grandmother is so intense, that her entire history of angst and anger explodes.
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What was that ‘something else?’
By Meher Pestonji. With the emphasis on materialism and rational thinking, have humans de-valued, perhaps lost, subtle but powerful energy connections?


good DICTATOR... bad DICTATOR...
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.


Jal, Jungle, Jameen: A Conscience in the Mountains
By Suresh Nautiyal. Tribute: Sunderlal Bahuguna remains an icon and inspiration, despite the contradictions.


Convicted rapists are not martyrs
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.


Hands off Venezuela!
By Aditya Nigam. In Venezuela, with mass resistance of tens of thousands on the streets, Trump's gangster methods might fail.


Ankita Bhandari Murder Case: The lingering shadow of injustice
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.


THE NATION IS OUTRAGED!
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.


Ranthambore: A woman in a bright orange sari
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


‘Why can't you be serious and funny at the same time?' ’
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?


So why did they MURDER YOUNG ANGEL CHAKMA?
By Suresh Nautiyal. Civilised societies do not measure the worth of human life by passports and facial features.


‘Can sex work or erotic dance be called as work? ’
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.


The Long Way Home
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.


The night falls... The desire of red flowers...
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.


THE BORDER is in the mind...
By Narendra Pachkhede. The ‘refugee’ is a mythical symbol of hate. The border is everywhere now.


This New Year, a Paper Crane tells a Story…
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.
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