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From saffron to cement: Kashmir's deadly wasteland
By Aditya Anurag Roy in Srinagar. Cement factories have turned the sublime saffron fields into a condemned wasteland.
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Sadness stalks the RED SOUL of Palakkad
By Yadukrishna C S in Palakkad/Kerala. With even the famous Kerala monsoon unable to create ground water, the traditional Palakkad Red Matta rice is falling prey to the vagaries of the weather.
A Woman’s Woman
By Bidhi Adhikari in Kathmandu. In GenZ terms, Arundhati Roy is a woman’s woman.
NOTHING ROMANTIC about impunity
By Narendra Pachkhédé in Toronto. What happens to a society when brutal force is displayed with this kind of confidence, arrogance and impunity?
General Naravane’s memoirs must see the light of day
EDITORIAL: independentink.in
Later in the evening, a message was conveyed to Naravane from the Prime Minister: “Jo uchit samjho, woh karo. (Do whatever you deem fit).”
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‘To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield…’
By Raju Mansukhani. On his 123rd birth anniversary, remember his words: Fanaticism is the greatest thorn in the path of cultural intimacy.
Scenes we would like to see in 2026...
By Satya Sagar. Hope floats. In satire and caricature. In dissent and resistance. In freedom and justice.
The Intimacy of Apocalypse: A great filmmaker's legacy of endurance
By Narendra . His films do not argue. They persist. They ask not what history means, but how long one is willing to remain with it after meaning has thinned out.
Politics
NOTHING ROMANTIC about impunity
By Narendra Pachkhédé in Toronto. What happens to a society when brutal force is displayed with this kind of confidence, arrogance and impunity?
General Naravane’s memoirs must see the light of day
EDITORIAL: independentink.in
Later in the evening, a message was conveyed to Naravane from the Prime Minister: “Jo uchit samjho, woh karo. (Do whatever you deem fit).”
History
Should she stay, or leave?
Alaa's diary is an act of resistance. By Aayushi Rana What remains when everything vanishes? A shadow? A voice in the dark? The echo of footsteps on stones that remember? In Ibtisam Azem's The Book of Disappearance , long listed for Booker Prize for Literature in 2025 , all Palestinians living in their original homeland occupied by Israel, vanish overnight . Gone. The streets of Jaffa in the West Bank fall silent like after a storm has passed by.. Empty homes,
The Annihilation of the Classroom
By Dr Ratna Raman. When it comes to excellence, is it the end of the road for once prestigious Delhi University?
Aap ke haseen rukh pe aaj naya noor hai...
By Siraj Khan.Remembering great music composer OP Nayyar (16 January, 1926 - 28 January, 2007): Personal recollections from a Pakistani friend of Lahore-born Bollywood icon whose stories are entwined with many legendary figures in the film industry, from Guru Dutt and Dharmendra, to Asha Bhonsle and Madhubala,
Society
From saffron to cement: Kashmir's deadly wasteland
By Aditya Anurag Roy in Srinagar. Cement factories have turned the sublime saffron fields into a condemned wasteland.
.
Sadness stalks the RED SOUL of Palakkad
By Yadukrishna C S in Palakkad/Kerala. With even the famous Kerala monsoon unable to create ground water, the traditional Palakkad Red Matta rice is falling prey to the vagaries of the weather.
A Woman’s Woman
By Bidhi Adhikari in Kathmandu. In GenZ terms, Arundhati Roy is a woman’s woman.
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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From saffron to cement: Kashmir's deadly wasteland
By Aditya Anurag Roy in Srinagar. Cement factories have turned the sublime saffron fields into a condemned wasteland.
.
Sadness stalks the RED SOUL of Palakkad
By Yadukrishna C S in Palakkad/Kerala. With even the famous Kerala monsoon unable to create ground water, the traditional Palakkad Red Matta rice is falling prey to the vagaries of the weather.
A Woman’s Woman
By Bidhi Adhikari in Kathmandu. In GenZ terms, Arundhati Roy is a woman’s woman.
NOTHING ROMANTIC about impunity
By Narendra Pachkhédé in Toronto. What happens to a society when brutal force is displayed with this kind of confidence, arrogance and impunity?
General Naravane’s memoirs must see the light of day
EDITORIAL: independentink.in
Later in the evening, a message was conveyed to Naravane from the Prime Minister: “Jo uchit samjho, woh karo. (Do whatever you deem fit).”
Should she stay, or leave?
Alaa's diary is an act of resistance. By Aayushi Rana What remains when everything vanishes? A shadow? A voice in the dark? The echo of footsteps on stones that remember? In Ibtisam Azem's The Book of Disappearance , long listed for Booker Prize for Literature in 2025 , all Palestinians living in their original homeland occupied by Israel, vanish overnight . Gone. The streets of Jaffa in the West Bank fall silent like after a storm has passed by.. Empty homes,
SPOTLIGHT on the hijab
By Seema Mustafa. For women, it all boils down to respect. And dignity.
And perceived freedoms.
The Annihilation of the Classroom
By Dr Ratna Raman. When it comes to excellence, is it the end of the road for once prestigious Delhi University?
I am breaking… My silence
By Nityanand Gayen. It's time. Break your silence.
Palak Paneer and ‘Food Racism’ in America
An incident involving two Indian researchers, because of the “pungent-smelling” desi dish they heated in their microwave has sparked debate in the US and in India.
Love in the time of ceasefire...
By Nityanand Gayen. Love in the time of war and peace..
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