On World Mangrove Day, a poem on Earth's ecological history and the many environmental disasters we might be heading towards if climate change is not taken seriously.
Shahuji Maharaj: A Leader Who Rewrote the Rules of Society
In his rule spanning 28 years, Shahuji Maharaj not only challenged the casteist, sexist and superstitious customs of society but also changed them for the upliftment of the oppressed.
Pulled Apart: The Story of an Interfaith Couple Fighting the Odds
There are stories far more disturbing and worse than ours. But we have a voice and the means to use it.
Brain Drain Is a Hidden Tax On the Countries Left Behind
The brain drain of healthcare workers from countries that can scarcely afford to lose them is not an emotionless, economic discussion.
Jeff Bezos’s Vanity Space Flight Was a Uniquely American Disgrace
Only in a country whose ruling class has grown deeply deluded could a space joy ride like Jeff Bezos’s be seen as cause for public celebration rather than the …
Copy-Paste Culture: Students, Classrooms and the System
Students are berated for copying answers in exams, but has our education system ever cared about originality of thought?
Review: The Making of a ‘Pakistani Soldier’
Dr. Maria Rashid’s book 'Dying to Serve' provides a social lens to understand the layered complexities of the Pakistan army’s relation with the families of deceased soldiers.
Lifetime
A poet on her tryst with time over six decades, and how the pandemic redefined and reshaped the very idea of it.
Review: Understanding the Politics of Memory, Resistance and Collective Amnesia
Yoko Ogawa's 'The Memory Police' imagines a world where memories are policed, targeted, altered and erased to suit the regime.
Who Are the Weak Ones?
A poem on the misplaced perception that women are the 'weaker sex'.