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Like vertebrates, insects too have ears to hear

How do insects hear? Loud and clear, with ears that can be in any part of their body—abdomen, wings, mouth and even tongue—adapted to escape predators

‘The vow’ by S. Diwakar: A Kannada short story in translation

Diwakar’s writing functions simultaneously on two planes—fiction and metafiction, while conjuring unusual experiences in a compressed and pictorial st

Reclaiming the indigenous: D.H. Lawrence, Mabel Dodge Luhan and the New World

The British-born novelist D.H. Lawrence, along with the arts patron Mabel Dodge Luhan, spearheaded a major movement in counterculture in New Mexico in

Revisiting Mrinal Sen’s ‘Calcutta ’71’

Mrinal Sen’s provocative reaction to the spectre of hunger, Calcutta ’71, turns 50. This work of the master film-maker deserves to be seen, studied an

As the Taliban gains ground, the U.S. makes a hasty exit from Afghanistan ahead of the September 11 deadline

The last batch of the U.S. troops makes a quick exit from the Bagram base near Kabul much ahead of the September 11 deadline, marking the end of a 20-

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