
How visible is the cultural footprint of India’s queer community?
SANDIP ROYThe queer community has expanded its cultural footprint phenomenally in recent times, through art exhibitions, cinema, literature, entrepreneurship, a

Company that processes Hajj applications from western countries received investments from a firm with links to the BJP, says an investigation by the Middle East Eye
Anando Bhakto In a revelation that might ruffle feathers, an investigation by the Middle East Eye has found that the company tasked by the Saudi authorities to pro

2002 Gujarat riots: Supreme Court upholds clean chit given by SIT to the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in the Gulberg massacre case
Anupama Katakam The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by Zakia Jafri, the wife of the slain MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the Special Investigation Team’s (SI

AIADMK general council meeting: Edappadi K. Palaniswami has overwhelming majority support; O. Panneerselvam walks out halfway through
R.K. Radhakrishnan Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami proved that he had an overwhelming majority in the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Book Review: In ‘Satyajit Ray: The Man Who Knew Too Much’, Barun Chanda looks back on his Ray years
Suhrid Sankar ChattopadhyayA new book on Satyajit Ray by Barun Chanda, the actor who starred in “Seemabaddha”, is a treasure trove of rare information relating to various

Book Review: Prakash Singh’s ‘The Struggle for Police Reforms in India’ highlights how reforms remain in limbo
K.S. SubramanianThe story of former IPS officer Prakash Singh’s litigation that resulted in the 2006 judgment on police reforms, and the subsequent struggle to get

Verdicts of empathy: ‘Pride vs Prejudice: The Struggle against Section 377’
Saurabh KirpalAn excerpt from “Pride versus Prejudice: The Struggle against Section 377” by Saurabh Kirpal. It details the four judgments passed in Navtej Singh

Book Review: Manindra Nath Thakur’s ‘Gyan Ki Rajniti’ unlocks an alternative politics
Hilal AhmedThe book calls upon the reader to get rid of the communal-secular binary to understand the various ways in which the politics of knowledge is played o

Book Review: Jokha Alharthi’s ‘Bitter Orange Tree’ reflects on oil and the lives of Oman’s women
Radhika HolmstromThe book, first published in Arabic in 2016, revisits the dramatic changes, particularly in the lives of women, that the discovery of oil precipitated

Book Review: Nandini Oza’s ‘The Struggle for Narmada’ chronicles the Adivasi perspective
Lyla BavadamFor the first time, two Adivasi leaders record the struggles of their community during the anti-Narmada dam protests and the NBA’s role in creating