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‘I claim Tagore and Iqbal, Lata Mangeshkar and Mehdi Hassan, Mohenjo-daro and Taxila’
By Pervez Akhtar Khan, retired Air Commodore of the Pakistan Air Force. Patriotism does not mean hate another country.
At midnight, lane number 83, nostalgia arrives with a song
By Ramsharan Joshi..
And who could forget the talented beauties of Bollywood? The versatile, great, incredibly popular actresses?
An 11-year-old girl, a birthday gift, 10 CCTV clips, one pair of shoes, and a marshy swamp
By Antara Swarnakar. Ordinary folks investigate a child’s rape and murder, while the police drag their feet.
Satluj is becoming a cult classic
By Divya Trivedi. People are taking projectors into villages across Punjab and organising screenings.
Aha! Vozinha!
By MJ Vijayan. They dared to challenge the champions and almost got them down on their knees!
The Man without a CV, and the Man with a Charge Sheet of History
By Narendra Pachkhede in London. The Man without a CV.
Editor's Pick
The Colonised Feet that now carry the White World
By MJ Vijayan. What is the most striking question the FIFA World Cup throws at us today?
If New York can halt it, why not Vizag?
By Ajith Pillai. Data Centres: The citizens of Visakhapatnam deserve to be in the driver’s seat.
The ‘Good Bahu’ Checklist vs The LinkedIn Bio
The Generation in the Middle: The pressure arrives in waves. First, it is the well-meaning aunt at a wedding. Then it is a forwarded article in the family WhatsApp group. Then it is a reel on Instagram, featuring a 29-year-old woman tearfully describing how she "waited too long". Independent Ink Feature Service There is a particular kind of exhaustion that has nothing to do with sleep deprivation, though millennial women are certainly familiar with that too. It is the exhaust
Politics
Satluj is becoming a cult classic
By Divya Trivedi. People are taking projectors into villages across Punjab and organising screenings.
The Man without a CV, and the Man with a Charge Sheet of History
By Narendra Pachkhede in London. The Man without a CV.
The Colonised Feet that now carry the White World
By MJ Vijayan. What is the most striking question the FIFA World Cup throws at us today?
History
Haldighati: 450 Years of the Battle
Photo Feature: 450 years of Haldi Ghati. The battle led by Maharana Pratap Singh.
The Dancing Girl
By Anuradha Bhasin. Pink dress or digital garbs, she stands as she is – with her naked truth...
Give One Hundred Flowers to the Cockroach Who Rebels!
By Amit Sengupta and Suresh Nautiyal. Give flowers to our brave young cockroaches.
Society
‘I claim Tagore and Iqbal, Lata Mangeshkar and Mehdi Hassan, Mohenjo-daro and Taxila’
By Pervez Akhtar Khan, retired Air Commodore of the Pakistan Air Force. Patriotism does not mean hate another country.
An 11-year-old girl, a birthday gift, 10 CCTV clips, one pair of shoes, and a marshy swamp
By Antara Swarnakar. Ordinary folks investigate a child’s rape and murder, while the police drag their feet.
Aha! Vozinha!
By MJ Vijayan. They dared to challenge the champions and almost got them down on their knees!
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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‘I claim Tagore and Iqbal, Lata Mangeshkar and Mehdi Hassan, Mohenjo-daro and Taxila’
By Pervez Akhtar Khan, retired Air Commodore of the Pakistan Air Force. Patriotism does not mean hate another country.
At midnight, lane number 83, nostalgia arrives with a song
By Ramsharan Joshi..
And who could forget the talented beauties of Bollywood? The versatile, great, incredibly popular actresses?
An 11-year-old girl, a birthday gift, 10 CCTV clips, one pair of shoes, and a marshy swamp
By Antara Swarnakar. Ordinary folks investigate a child’s rape and murder, while the police drag their feet.
Satluj is becoming a cult classic
By Divya Trivedi. People are taking projectors into villages across Punjab and organising screenings.
Aha! Vozinha!
By MJ Vijayan. They dared to challenge the champions and almost got them down on their knees!
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 Man without a CV, and the Man with a Charge Sheet of History
By Narendra Pachkhede in London. The Man without a CV.
The Colonised Feet that now carry the White World
By MJ Vijayan. What is the most striking question the FIFA World Cup throws at us today?
Haldighati: 450 Years of the Battle
Photo Feature: 450 years of Haldi Ghati. The battle led by Maharana Pratap Singh.
Angela and Ivan: THE POWER OF LOVE
By Amit Sengupta. Fly in the sky, celebrating love, passion and peace.
The Dancing Girl
By Anuradha Bhasin. Pink dress or digital garbs, she stands as she is – with her naked truth...
So why did her tennis racket showcase the Water Melon?
Role model of the day: If the Ukrainian flag is allowed, why not the flag of Palestine?
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