Trial court awards death sentence to one accused and life imprisonment to 12 others in 2003 ‘honour killing’ of couple in Tamil Nadu
Indian Veterinary Research Institute-led study identifies a second non-steroidal painkiller for animals that is also safe for vultures
Hyderabad civil court restrains Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy from making defamatory statements against Municipal Administration Minister K.T. Rama Rao
CINEMA Of genocide and liberation Vidyarthy Chatterjee Tareque Masud introduced the new generation of Bangladeshis to the freedom struggle through his Muktir Gaan, Muktir Kotha and Matir Moina, films that have evoked frenzied enthusiasm in that country.
Interview: Professor Gulammohammed Sheikh Interview with Professor Gulammohammed Sheikh: Towards an alternative visual language E.V.Ramakrishnan
Interview: Aakar Patel Aakar Patel: ‘Structurally, we have already arrived at a Hindu Rashtra’ Ziya Us Salam
Interview: Audrey Truschke Audrey Truschke: ‘I am not alone in refusing to sway with the Indian political winds’ Ziya Us Salam
FOLK THEATRE The Padma Shri for Manjamma Jogathi does her, her community and Karnataka proud VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED
Kannada lexicographer A centenarian’s life-long scholarly journey with the Kannada language as a lexicographer, grammarian, writer and editor MURALIDHARA KHAJANE
Heritage The ruins at Hampi offer one a glimpse into the past SUDHA MAHALINGAM Photographs by SUDHA MAHALINGAM Hampi’s uniqueness lies in the fact that despite the many centuries over which it was ...
Story of a silent era pioneer Maya Roy: Forgotten star of silent era Vidyarthy Chatterjee Debiprosad Ghosh’s painstaking research pieces together the writings of Maya Roy, an actor ...
Short story in Translation ‘Savara’ by Chaudhury Hemakanta Misra: Odia short story in translation A powerful portrayal of travelling entertainers in small-town Odisha.
Personality Agnes Smedley: ‘Daughter of Earth’ Sachidananda Mohanty Novelist, feminist and world revolutionary Agnes Smedley rejected “ordained social ...
Short story ‘The vow’ by S. Diwakar: A Kannada short story in translation S. Diwakar Diwakar’s writing functions simultaneously on two planes—fiction and metafiction, while ...
Essay Reclaiming the indigenous: D.H. Lawrence, Mabel Dodge Luhan and the New World Sachidananda Mohanty The British-born novelist D.H. Lawrence, along with the arts patron Mabel Dodge Luhan, ...
CINEMA Revisiting Mrinal Sen’s "Calcutta ’71" Vidyarthy Chatterjee Mrinal Sen’s provocative reaction to the spectre of hunger, Calcutta ’71, turns 50. This ...
History On Hermann Gundert’s life in India from 1836 to 1859 and his contributions to education and to Malayalam Jojan Job In the over two decades that Hermann Gundert spent in India, mostly in the Malabar region ...
TRIBUTE Dilip Kumar: Nehru’s Hero Ziya Us Salam Dilip Kumar (1922-2021) was to some a tragedy king and to others a romantic hero who with ...
Short Story ‘Mother Earth’ by Appadurai Muttulingam: A Tamil short story in translation MY father was a strict man. As a boy, I walked and talked quietly whenever he was around ...
Heritage The medieval splendour of Bijapur VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED The myriad monuments of Bijapur, such as the Gol Gumbaz, the Jami Masjid, the ...
Documentary Story of the Qutub Prannv Dhawan Gandhar S. Ashwinikumar A new documentary film presents a view of the Qutub Minar that goes beyond the Muslim ...
Literature ‘What Mother ought to know’, ‘Body and blood’ & ‘The parable of the sower’: Three Malayalam stories by Gracy in translation Gracy Three Malayalam stories in translation...
Movie Review: Nayee Neralu Intriguing shadows MAITHILI RAO At the centre of Girish Kasaravalli's Nayee Neralu is the character of Venkatalaxmi, who ...
Freedom of Expression A battle won ANUPAMA KATAKAM in Mumbai The Mumbai High Court's directive to the Central Board of Film Certification to clear ...
Short Story in Translation “Do you suppose it’s the east wind?”: An Urdu short story in translation The bond between Hindus and Muslims is a special zone of literature, and unique to the ...
ARCHITECTURE Classic examples of Hoysala excellence in sculpture SUDHA MAHALINGAM Photographs by SUDHA MAHALINGAM The filigreed carvings of the magnificent monuments of Belur and Halebidu in Karnataka ...
Heritage A new book, by V.K. Thiruvady, traces the history of the Lalbagh garden in Bengaluru Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed Photographs by K. Murali Kumar V.K. Thiruvady’s book on Lalbagh, arguably one of India’s best public gardens, provides an ...
Tagore’s Bengali short story in translation: ‘Forbidden entry’ “Making a stranger a neighbour” was William Radice’s goal as he moved Rabindranath Tagore ...
‘They fell silent’ & ‘They turned into water’: Two Tamil short stories by S. Ramakrishnan in translation They fell silentAmrithavarshini was the first to notice it. When she was cooking, a large ...
Review of Malayalam movie Drishyam 2: The other side of truth C.S. Venkiteswaran The sequel to Drishyam in many ways encapsulates the post-truth world we live in, where ...
LEPAKSHI TEMPLE The grandeur of the Vijayanagar era temple at Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh SUDHA MAHALINGAM Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam Built in the 16th century, the golden age of the Vijayanagar empire, the Lepakshi temple ...
‘The lies my mother told me’ by Ashita: A Malayalam short story in translation MY mother told me more lies than anyone else in this world. The realisation burns through ...
Film Review Film review: 'The Great Indian Kitchen' discusses gender issues and patriarchal values in relationships C.S. Venkiteswaran The Malayalam movie 'The Great Indian Kitchen' addresses the gender issue by bringing into ...
