17 January, 2022
T.M. Krishna Artistes are a fragile species who need constant reaffirmation and cultural validation
17 January, 2022 Arun Vijai Mathavan Dalits have been forced to handle the dead for centuries. The manner in which they are compelled to handle the bodies in modern, state-run hospitals, have gone unnoticed and undocumented.
It’s not just planetary crisis but the destruction of the individual too
17 January, 2022 Jai Arjun Singh How zombie films, or almost-zombie films, have dealt with apocalypse, social crisis and personal desolation
Snapshots of Patna seen through photographs—people, places and poetry
Our planet remains inexhaustible, as inexhaustible as our capacity for instruction and exploration.
There is going to be no 'pralay' as we have imagined in our conceptions of the apocalypse as a single mythic event.
The sufferings of migrant workers have become the most rivetingly tragic tale of our times
‘Non-human’ entities rule our world. And we are mere puppets in the Great Game.
If anything will save us, it will be empathy and love in our darkest days
A personal account of torture by security forces led to a play depicting the horrors of a draconian law
How will the world end? With a whimper, as Eliot predicted? Or in a yawn, as Pope said it would.
You remain hopeful some judge will see through the absurdity of the charges. You also caution yourself about the perils of nurturing such hopes, writes Umar Khalid after spending 15 months in Tihar jail as an undertrial.
Make no mistake, these are the best times for comedy, humour and satire. A comic will speak till the cows come home. Try stopping and you shall be the next joke.
India’s Northeast is the last bastion of resistance against rapacious, extractive policies that seek to bankrupt the earth within the lifespan of one generation
The Northeastern state of Manipur has suffered for decades due to wanton use of military might under AFSPA that renders fundamental right of a citizen meaningless.
Intergenerational mobility in India is low. Those born poor are likely to stay poor, as inequities are entrenched. Now consider what two years of school closure will have done to widen the vast gap.
Niti Aayog’s prognosis is timely but it has missed the larger picture of irreversible social revolution in Bihar
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
PTI Photo
Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
PTI Photo
A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
PTI Photo
Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
