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In this photograph taken on May 27, 2016, Indian journalist and author, Rana Ayyub poses with her self published book 'Gujarat Files' during the launch event in New Delhi. / AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA

On the trail of the real culprits

Interview with Rana Ayyub, author of Gujarat Files.

A muslim woman holds a placard during a demonstration organised by a women's organisation on the International Women's Day in Mumbai on March 8, 2005, to stop sexual exploitation of women in media.
Photo: Paul Noronha

Contested practice

Triple talaq in one sitting as irrevocable divorce had its origin in special circumstances. It is outlawed in many Muslim countries, and the Muslim co

CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 17/01/2015: Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar seen during the ' The Hindu' Lit for Life 2015 function in Chennai on on January 17, 2015.
Photo: K. Pichumani

The hurt runs deep

The writer Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar explains why he opposed Vedanta’s sponsorship of the Jaipur Literary Festival in London.

KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, 29/03/2014: Emininent film maker Goutam Ghosh launches the book 'A click in time: The art, craft and science of photo-journalism' by renowned photo-journalist Subrata Patranobis in Kolkata on March 29, 2014. The book contains numerous pictures, collected over decades, clicked by the former Chief Photographer of The Statesman. The pictures collected since 1960s depicts the photo-journalist's various assignments throughout the country, which included going to remote villages and capturing the country's malnoursihed population in pictures. 'The book depicts Mr. Patranobis's experience and is educational for young learners interested in photography,' said Mr. Ghosh. Photo: Sushanta Patronobish 29.03.2014

Inimitable storyteller

Interview with film-maker Goutam Ghose, currently working on Lala, an Indo-Italian venture.

Chennai: 09/04/2016: The Hindu: Front Line: Book Review Column:

Title: Culture of Encounters. Sanskrit at the Mughal Group.
Author: Audrey Truschke
Publisher: Penquin Books Publications release.

New facets of the Mughals

The book frees Mughal history of preconceived notions and carefully brings out the strands of pluralism that helped weave the Mughal fabric.

NEW DELHI, 12/11/2012: Metro Plus, Dr Sukrita Paul Kumar in New Delhi. Photo: V.V. Krishnan

‘A writer first, then a father’

Interview with the noted author-poet Sukrita Paul Kumar.

Seen here are top playback singers Lata, Asha, Manna Dey and Mohammed Fafi rehearsing for a marathon qawaali sequence in ' Intezar '.

Magic of Rafi

An authorised biography of the man who believed in exhibiting the art but concealing the artist behind it and who, above all, was a sensitive and comp

‘From the mosque to the bedroom, we must assert our rights’

Interview with Asra Nomani, who organised the first mixed-gender namaz led by a woman.

NEW DELHI, 11/07/2013: Muslims women offering prayer during the first day of holy month of Ramzan's Eid-Ul-Fitr, at historical Jama Masjid in Old Delhi on Thursday evening. July 11, 2013. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar.

Exempted, not prohibited

Islam does not prohibit women from offering prayers at mosques but since it prohibits mixed-gender prayers, logistical problems prevent some mosques f

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Starry affair

Regional and alternative cinema get short shrift at the National Awards, with the jury deciding to celebrate mass entertainers and fete only those fil

‘Writers and thinkers should speak up’

Interview with Rahman Abbas, Urdu writer.

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Dissecting an age-old rivalry

The author Dilip Hiro speaks about his latest book, The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan.