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Sukrita Paul: ‘Krishna Sobti carved out space for women’

Interview with writer-poet Sukrita Paul.

Local residents, mediapersons and security personnel during MCD’s demolition drive at Jahangirpuri in New Delhi on April 20.

Media sellout: List of TV news anchors toeing the government's line grows

The list of TV news anchors seeking to outdo one another in propagating the government’s line is growing. The purpose of journalism seems to be to pai

Anand Patwardhan.

Anand Patwardhan: 'Silence is no longer an option'

Interview with the film-maker Anand Patwardhan.

Ashok Kumar Pandey: “The Kashmir Files tries to establish the Hindu right wing’s narrative that the Kashmir problem is essentially a communal problem, which certainly is not the case.”

Ashok Kumar Pandey: ‘A clear case of selective portrayal’

Interview with Ashok Kumar Pandey, historian and writer.

Officials direct a student wearing the hijab before the commencement of the annual SSLC exams at a government school in Bengaluru on March 28.

Hijab verdict: Lifting the veil on essentiality

With so many sections of society approaching the judiciary for redress of grievances, the concept of essentiality of a religious practice will be put

S.P. president Akhilesh Yadav at press conference on March 8.

Uttar Pradesh's Muslims make secular choice in Assembly election

Muslims of Uttar Pradesh seem to have chosen inclusive politics over identity politics, refusing to ditch the Samajwadi Party for Asaduddin Owaisi’s A

Interview with Sanjoy Hazarika and Madhurima Dhanuka: ‘There is no political will for prison reforms’

Interview with Sanjoy Hazarika and Madhurima Dhanuka, editors of "Hope Behind Bars: Notes from Indian Prisons".

Bappi Lahiri, a 2007 photograph.

Bappi Lahiri: The maverick musical genius

Bappi Lahiri (1952-2022) gave some of the best songs in Hindi cinema yet in many ways remained unsung, pigeonholed by the media and even his committed

Audrey Truschke. She is one of the signatories to the letter to the Royal Historical Society.

Vikram Sampath in plagiarism row

The historian Vikram Sampath finds himself caught in a controversy over allegations of the use of unattributed passages from the work of other histori

Chief Minister- designate Bhagwant Mann during the AAP’s victory celebration in Sangrur on March 10.

Punjab Assembly election results: AAP expansion

An avalanche of seats brings the Aam Aadmi Party to power in Punjab while sweeping away all opposition. Among those defeated by rank newcomers from th

Book Review: Prasanna Mohanty's 'An Unkept Promise: What Derailed the Indian Economy' reflects on unfulfilled commitments in the post-2014 era

The book exposes the systemic flaws of governance since 2014, using persuasive arguments about what has gone wrong with the economy over the last eigh

Catharsis, a book of poems by Mukul Kumar, launched in New Delhi

At a time when the nation has been soaked in the spirit of elections in five States, noted author Mukul Kumar has decided to turn a new leaf w

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