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A Forgotten Pioneer of Climate Change Research

Eunice Newton Foote, scientist and women’s rights activist, was the first to posit a connection between atmospheric gases and rising temperatures.
▶26-Jun-2024
G.V. Pavan Kumar

Why Indians Should Avoid Loans to Study Abroad

Rising college fee costs mean a growing debt burden for Indian students in North America and the UK, and an excess supply of graduates mean it is much more…
▶18-Jun-2024
Ignatius Chithelen

Coalition Government: A Return to What We Were Missing

A parliamentary democracy thrives on diverse representation and opinion. The strong leader syndrome of the past decade is antithetical to such a democracy.…
▶10-Jun-2024
Ankur Bisen

Remembering Tagore’s 1924 Trip to China

Tagore’s visit to China in April 1924 was significant, both then and now. The poet’s vision of Pan Asianism saw Asia as a force for the oppressed. As Western…
▶08-Apr-2024
Archishman Raju

Two Visions For India

What kind of India do we want? Alok Sheel pens a ballad on two visions.
▶25-Mar-2024
Alok Sheel

In Kashmir, a Deaf and Mute Artisan Keeps Afloat a Dying Art

For half a century, Muhammad Yousuf Muran has been carving wood figurines, the last of his family to practise the art. The lack of patronage has led the…
▶12-Mar-2024
Owais Gul, Adil Hussain

‘Abide With Me’ for 2024

A rendition of ‘Abide With Me’ for modern India.
▶05-Feb-2024
Sriram Panchu

How Does Kabir Still Speak To Us?

The tendency of the human mind, whether fighting for personal territory or fighting for justice, is to create an enemy: self vs the other, us vs them. good vs…
▶08-Jan-2024
Vipul Rikhi

The Lives of Our Past

In their different ways, two recent novels about living in urban India, 'Quarterlife' and 'History’s Angel', urge us to recognise, in the…
▶12-Dec-2023
Stuti Khanna

Meo Yasin Khan: A Secularist, a Pluralist and a Peace Broker

The Meos of Mewat who suffered so much in the recent violence in Nuh, Haryana, have a history of seeking to live in peace. A writer discovers her grandfather…
▶01-Nov-2023
Anisa Rahim

While We Watched the Decline of TV News

‘While We Watched’, a documentary on the journalist Ravish Kumar, is a courageous film that tells the story of our times, specifically the steady decline in…
▶24-Jul-2023
Kalyani Raghunathan

The Other Side of Paradise

A war-ravaged country torn apart by militancy and poverty; Afghanistan is now a textbook example of a failed state. But the region was once home to a…
▶08-May-2023
Arundhuti Dasgupta