Centre, in a new memo, threatens “major penalty proceedings” against former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay
All PAGD leaders to attend the meeting with Prime Minister Modi on June 24, no going back on the agenda of restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, says Farooq Abdullah
BJP president of Alipurduar joins Trinamool Congress along with several top leaders of the district in north Bengal
Raghuram Rajan, Arvind Subramanian, Jean Dreze, Esther Duflo and S. Narayanan in Tamil Nadu’s Economic Advisory Council
Andhra Pradesh vaccinates a record 13-lakh-plus people in a day, on June 20, demonstrating its preparedness if vaccines are available
Central European University awards its highest honour, the Open Society Prize, to former Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja
ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT POETRY Poetically defiant Ashutosh Sharma Regime after regime has clamped down on anti-establishment poetry, but the Narendra Modi government in the last seven years has sought to demonise artistic voices as “anti-national”.
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
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 ...
Architecture Rediscovering Jharkhand’s legacy of colonial buildings Text by Hem Borker Sketches by Gopal Chandra Naskar The thanas, dak bungalows, jails, railway lines and many other such structures dating back ...
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 ...
