Mamata Banerjee slams EC for eight phase election in West Bengal and asks if the schedule was made on orders of Modi and Shah
Reservation for Vanniyars ‘only a temporary measure’ until caste census report becomes available, says Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami
Modi government tightens controls over OTT, online news media, social media; critics call it proxy regulation of news media
Mamata rides pillion on an e-scooter to work to protest against rising fuel prices; BJP calls it drama
India and Pakistan to observe ceasefire along the Line of Control and in all other sectors in Jammu and Kashmir
NGT directs Telangana government to remove encroachments in Hyderabad’s Musi river and clear it of pollutants
Keeladi excavations Excavations at Keeladi open a new window into old times R. Sivanantham Sundar Ganesan Excavations at Keeladi have the potential to throw light on the civilisational antiquity ...
Hampi Hampi: Ruins of splendour Text & photographs by Shashank Shekhar Sinha Hampi, with its temple complexes, palaces and fortresses, epitomised the rich historical, ...
Early Tamil cinema Devadasi influence in Tamil cinema Theodore Baskaran The history of the advance of Tamil cinema is intimately linked to members of the Devadasi ...
Controversy DNA analysis of Harappan skeleton from Rakhigarhi: Thin evidence R. Mahalakshmi The scientific paper on the DNA analysis of the Harappan skeleton from Rakhigarhi claims ...
Interview: Riyas Komu Sculptor Riyas Komu: An argument about beautiful histories at risk C.S. Venkiteswaran An interview with the artist and sculptor Riyas Komu.
Film on Netaji Bose back in focus Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay Srijit Mukherjee’s film Gumnami, apparently based on the Mukherjee Commission report on ...
Film Review Batla House: Through a filter Prannv Dhawan The film Batla House endorses uncritically any police action to ensure the nation’s safety ...
The red Nissan Poignant and earthy, this story is about appearances and entanglements in a diasporic Goan ...
Music and society Looking back, looking ahead Deepa Ganesh An interview with the singer T.M. Krishna.
Social justice on screen Caste on celluloid T.K. Rajalakshmi Anubhav Sinha’s film Article 15 is a near-realistic portrayal of caste oppression in ...
Who was Lal Ded? The Introduction from ‘Looking Within’: Life Lessons from Lal Ded, edited by Shonaleeka ...
Short story Must visit Eluru In the small inter-class compartment of the train, my luggage tucked under my head, I lay ...
Cinema Anand Patwardhan: Dissent in the time of intolerance ANUPAMA KATAKAM Anand Patwardhan’s films have always dealt with explosive issues. Reason, a searing ...
Interview: Anand Patwardhan Voice of reason Ziya Us Salam Interview with the documentary film-maker Anand Patwardhan.
Short story Odia short story: And the tide turned The rivers were in spate. The water level in the Kathajodi had risen to twenty four feet.
Sun Temple A gigantic restoration effort in Konark T.S. Subramanian Photographs by D. Krishnan The ASI has taken up work at the Sun Temple to conserve those portions that are still ...
Interview: Akeel Bilgrami ‘In India, it’s pathological authoritarianism’ Jipson John Jitheesh P.M. Interview with Akeel Bilgrami. This is the final part of a two-part article.
Interview ‘The story has to come from within’ Ziya Us Salam Interview with the Pakistani author Uzma Aslam Khan.
Girish Karnad Irrepressible storyteller Ziya Us Salam Exploring mythology and legend, Girish Karnad (1938-2019) confronted contemporary issues ...
Short story The clay girdle Vishwamitra and Menaka were sitting on the shore of Pushkar Lake. Menaka was combing her ...
Mahendran Icon of change Venkatesh Chakravarthy Mahendran (1939-2019) set a new path in Tamil cinema with his deglamorised films.
Interview Raising spectres Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay Interview with the Bengali film-maker Anik Datta, whose film has run into trouble with the ...