Memory and memorialising
Experts say people hit the streets of nostalgia when they are lonely or when they feel unhinged, to get rid of their social anxiety. It help...
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On the digital stage
On the digital stage
The pandemic has boosted streaming services as lockdowns and social restrictions have kept people away from theatres despite their otherworl...
Haunted by a savarna spectre
Haunted by a savarna spectre
Earlier this week, Moustache, the English translation of Meesha, won the JCB Prize for literature, one of the most coveted awards for litera...
The meaning of Owaisi’s victory in Bihar
The meaning of Owaisi’s victory in Bihar
An interesting cartoon viral on social media has All India Ittihadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi in his tradem...
Insuring biodiversity for posterity: The Salim Ali way!
Insuring biodiversity for posterity: The Salim Ali way!
Today marks the 124 th birth anniversary of the country’s greatest ornithologist late Dr. Salim Ali. This piece takes me back to an evening ...
What democracy is capable of
What democracy is capable of
The world heaves a sigh of relief. American democracy took its time, creaked mightily as it crawled its way to redemption, but finally it de...
Politics, media, and when the lines in between get blurred
Politics, media, and when the lines in between get blurred
Once upon a time, in a dense media jungle, there existed a creature with as much clout as the creature was sanctioned by a far bigger creatu...
Boycott bombs, and a middle-aged bombshell
Boycott bombs, and a middle-aged bombshell
9am Sipping on some coffee as black as my mood, I call my sister, ‘This Diwali, I forbid you to watch any Bollywood movie. I also want you t...
US & India: Some lessons the world’s oldest democracy could teach the world’s largest
US & India: Some lessons the world’s oldest democracy could teach the world’s largest
It’s been a big election week: an extraordinary cliffhanger in the US and an equally intriguing contest in Bihar. As the seemingly intermina...
Set boundaries early in relationships!
Set boundaries early in relationships!
Do you know the extent of your tolerance, and what you will never accept? A young French chef on a TV show said that she scolds her juniors ...
The four reasons why Indian liberals are a fast-disappearing species
The four reasons why Indian liberals are a fast-disappearing species
I think it is fair to admit that the influence of Indian liberals continues to dwindle every month. Outnumbered and outshouted, the Indian l...
Neither is suicide a crime, nor can one be driven to it
Neither is suicide a crime, nor can one be driven to it
Shashi Tharoor, Rhea Chakraborty and now Arnab Goswami. The social and electronic media are baying for their blood, accusing them of driving...
National character
National character
An Indian industrialist once had the occasion to go to West Germany in 1965. While there, he visited a factory. Going around it to see how i...
The Body as a Stranger?
The Body as a Stranger?
Historically, we have been estranged from our own bodies. The Covid crisis underlines just how little we understand our own bodies. For all ...
30 years later, NCW is just sound and fury signifying nothing
30 years later, NCW is just sound and fury signifying nothing
Fifteen women, all freedom fighters, became members of the Constituent Assembly and contributed to the framing of the Constitution of India....
Words are just not enough…
Words are just not enough…
Words can be misunderstood and technology, exhausting! Are you too missing real engagement during the pandemic? The one thing I am missing d...
Want to know which way Bihar hawa is blowing? Beware the perils of predictions
Want to know which way Bihar hawa is blowing? Beware the perils of predictions
Elections are a high-stake game in democracies like India and, thus, it is natural that all of us obsess over who will win how many seats. E...
French issue is bigger than a tasteless toon
French issue is bigger than a tasteless toon
Although sometimes difficult to define, there is an important distinction between a cartoon and political caricature. The former is, ideally...
Right to offend is an inalienable part of right to religious freedom, free speech
Right to offend is an inalienable part of right to religious freedom, free speech
I stand with French President Emmanuel Macron in declaring that free speech includes the right to offend. Those offended are welcome to prot...
Breast Cancer detection and treatment
Breast Cancer detection and treatment
“Cancer may have started the fight, but I will finish it.” Introduction Since cancer-prevention is not possible, the saying, “prevention is ...
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