'Veda Nilayam', Jayalalithaa’s house in Chennai, declared open as a memorial after go-ahead from High Court, but it will remain closed to the public
‘Disputed areas’ on Karnataka border with Maharashtra should be declared a Union territory, says Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray
Twin murders of girls by parents, suspected to be occult practitioners, rock Madanapalle town in Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami inaugurates the Jayalalithaa memorial on the day the former Chief Minister’s aide Sasikala is released from jail
Interview: Declan Walsh ‘I hesitate to call Pakistan a failed democracy’ Ziya Us Salam Interview with Declan Walsh, author of the recently published “The Nine Lives of Pakistan”.
Co-publishing venture opens up new vistas for Tamil literature in translation Abhirami Girija Sriram The literature-in-translation programme supported by the Tamil Nadu Textbook and ...
‘Ma reads’ by S.R. Harnot: A Hindi short story in translation Creative explorations helped to put ageing on the literary map. By being in touch with ...
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi obituary Shamsur Rahman Faruqi: An illuminating life Ziya Us Salam Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (1935-2020) married Western perception to Urdu sensibilities, ...
"Seemantha" by H. Nagaveni: A Kannada short story in translation The piercing quality of a child’s perspective is juxtaposed with the power of money in ...
Short Story "Water play" by Perumal Murugan: A Tamil short story in translation This short story was first published in Tamil as “Neer Vilayattu” in Kalachavudu, January ...
Translation Flavourful translation of Chandrashekhar Kambar's plays "Rishyasringa" and "Mahmoud Gawan" A.J. Thomas The two translations of Chandrashekhar Kambar’s plays retain the lyrical imagination and ...
Book Review: In Vishwanath Suvarna's "Golden Views of Karnataka Forts", forts that were citadels once now lie in ruins Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed Photographs by Vishwanath Suvarna Vishwanath Suvarna’s coffee-table book, which photo-documents over 100 major and minor ...
"Serious Men" Review Movie Review: ‘Serious Men’ and the myth of merit Prannv Dhawan Surbhi Karwa Serious Men attempts to address the contentious issue of “merit” that is bandied about as ...
Asokan edicts T.M. Krishna: On rediscovering Asoka through his edicts Ziya Us Salam A musical rendition of Asokan edicts rekindles interest in the ethical values ingrained in ...
Interview: T.M. Krishna T.M. Krishna: ‘To bring Asoka back in public discourse was important’ Ziya Us Salam Interview with T.M. Krishna, singer, writer and activist.
Trace it! A short story translated from Telugu An unusual story about the dappu and the legendary skills of the one who plays it—the ...
Mahabodhi Mahavihar in Bodh Gaya: Temple of enlightenment Shashank Shekhar Sinha Photographs by Shashank Shekhar Sinha The Mahabodhi temple complex in Bodh Gaya, where the Buddha is said to have attained ...
Pattanam excavation First-ever human image at Pattanam P.J. Cherian Giulia Rocco A Graeco-Roman head of a miniature statue from the same trench that produced the Sphinx ...
Pattanam excavation Excavations in Kerala’s Pattanam reaffirm its trade links with Rome P.J. Cherian Giulia Rocco The Pattanam 2020 findings, along with the 2006-16 excavation and post-excavation studies ...
Review: Mee Raqsam Mee Raqsam review: Dancing together, separately Prannv Dhawan Surbhi Karwa The fault lines of India’s “shared culture” are at the core of Mee Raqsam, a film that ...
INTERVIEW: DAVID REICH David Reich: Harappan ancestry is the single largest source population for almost all people in India today G.N. Devy Interview with David Reich, Professor at the School of Medicine, Harvard University.
Ranakpur temple: Magic in marble Sudha Mahalingam Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam The Ranakpur temple, a three-storied structure built in 1436, stands out from other ...
Film review Malayalam film "Run Kalyani": Patriarchy in perspective Sankar Varma The Malayalam film Run Kalyani is making waves with its realistic depiction of the romance ...
Sa. Kandasamy obituary Sa. Kandasamy: Profound yet simple A.S. Panneerselvan Sa. Kandasamy (1939-2020), an eminent writer and conscientious documentary filmmaker, ...
Music Outreach An equal music Lyla Bavadam Children from Mumbai’s Mehli Mehta Music Foundation sing and play the anthem “Jai Ho” ...
Syed Ahmed Esar Rumi’s translator VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED With the publication of his Urdu translation of Rumi’s Masnavi, 97-year-old poet and ...
A participatory film From red light to limelight Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay The film-maker Bipuljit Basu collaborates with youngsters from Kalighat to make what he ...
Interview: Film-maker Bipuljit Basu. ‘What they need is recognition’ Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay Interview with the film-maker Bipuljit Basu.
Exhibition Musings on freedom Suneet Chopra An exhibition in New Delhi of the works of 52 artists titled “The Constitution of India at ...