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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Valentine’s Day, But Didn’t Bother to Find Out
By Ganpy Nataraj. t’s everywhere this time of year — on chocolates, on cards, on candy, on text messages sent with varying degrees of regret. The Red Heart.
So why did Himanta Sarma target the hardworking rickshaw-puller?
By Naren Singh Rao. So why is the Assam CM talking about 'point-blank' in hate politics AI images, and Rs 4 to rickwhaw-pullers?
If life is a play, play on...
Photo feature by Amit Sengupta. If life is a play, play on...
Bloody Bombay, Hind 1957, and Paolo Avataneo’s Exclamation Mark!
By Raju Mansukhani. Vibrant colours, creative energy and pulsating hues of Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2026 at NSD and Mandi House in Delhi: Don’t miss it.
Democracy and Discipline
Singapore Diary 1.
Singapore speaks in measured tones. Debate exists within boundaries; elections occur without the feverish volatility of a civilisation-sized contest. Governance resembles engineering — precise, anticipatory, long-horizon.
91 former bureaucrats, diplomats, senior police officials call for action against Himanta Biswa Sarma
“These assertions collectively erase the existence of Bengali Muslims who are lawful Indian citizens and long-standing residents of the State,” the statement said.
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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
So why did Himanta Sarma target the hardworking rickshaw-puller?
By Naren Singh Rao. So why is the Assam CM talking about 'point-blank' in hate politics AI images, and Rs 4 to rickwhaw-pullers?
Democracy and Discipline
Singapore Diary 1.
Singapore speaks in measured tones. Debate exists within boundaries; elections occur without the feverish volatility of a civilisation-sized contest. Governance resembles engineering — precise, anticipatory, long-horizon.
91 former bureaucrats, diplomats, senior police officials call for action against Himanta Biswa Sarma
“These assertions collectively erase the existence of Bengali Muslims who are lawful Indian citizens and long-standing residents of the State,” the statement said.
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,
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Valentine’s Day, But Didn’t Bother to Find Out
By Ganpy Nataraj. t’s everywhere this time of year — on chocolates, on cards, on candy, on text messages sent with varying degrees of regret. The Red Heart.
Bloody Bombay, Hind 1957, and Paolo Avataneo’s Exclamation Mark!
By Raju Mansukhani. Vibrant colours, creative energy and pulsating hues of Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2026 at NSD and Mandi House in Delhi: Don’t miss it.
The Weight of Longing
By Meher Pestonji. 'The Weight of Longing' (Iktsuarpok) received the Special Jury Award for Best Debut Director at the recently concluded 22nd Third Eye Asian Film Festival in Mumbai.
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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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Valentine’s Day, But Didn’t Bother to Find Out
By Ganpy Nataraj. t’s everywhere this time of year — on chocolates, on cards, on candy, on text messages sent with varying degrees of regret. The Red Heart.
So why did Himanta Sarma target the hardworking rickshaw-puller?
By Naren Singh Rao. So why is the Assam CM talking about 'point-blank' in hate politics AI images, and Rs 4 to rickwhaw-pullers?
If life is a play, play on...
Photo feature by Amit Sengupta. If life is a play, play on...
Bloody Bombay, Hind 1957, and Paolo Avataneo’s Exclamation Mark!
By Raju Mansukhani. Vibrant colours, creative energy and pulsating hues of Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2026 at NSD and Mandi House in Delhi: Don’t miss it.
Democracy and Discipline
Singapore Diary 1.
Singapore speaks in measured tones. Debate exists within boundaries; elections occur without the feverish volatility of a civilisation-sized contest. Governance resembles engineering — precise, anticipatory, long-horizon.
91 former bureaucrats, diplomats, senior police officials call for action against Himanta Biswa Sarma
“These assertions collectively erase the existence of Bengali Muslims who are lawful Indian citizens and long-standing residents of the State,” the statement said.
The Weight of Longing
By Meher Pestonji. 'The Weight of Longing' (Iktsuarpok) received the Special Jury Award for Best Debut Director at the recently concluded 22nd Third Eye Asian Film Festival in Mumbai.
‘Mera naam Mohammad Deepak hain’
By Suresh Nautiyal. I am an Indian and everyone is equal before the law. I would not consider myself a human being if I did not protect the old man.”
Wazwaan: Aromatic Rogan Josh, Rista, the celebrated Gushtaba…
By Rao Farman Ali. Mutton holds a central place in daily life and family/community celebrations. Dishes such as the aromatic Rogan Josh, Rista, and the celebrated Gushtaba highlight how mutton is the essence of Wazwaan, Kashmir's traditional grand feast.
“Wearing My Sari in London Is No Longer Just a Matter of Personal Style – It’s Political, Too”
By Vikram Zutshi. There is something almost surreal about reading a luxury fashion writer describe her sequined Manish Malhotra sari paired with Cartier jewellery, and then shifting into commentary about anti-immigration marches.
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.
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