In the film which released 23 years ago, Jim Carrey's Truman chooses hard fact over comfortable fiction.
Mahesh Murthy and His Casteism
The venture capitalist's privilege prevents him from understanding the rationale behind the anger his 2012 tweet triggered.
‘The Passenger’: How a Forgotten Nazi-Era Novel Became a Bestseller
Disregarded when first published in 1939, a story of a man fleeing the Nazis made it onto UK bestseller lists 82 years later. Here's how the novel was uncovered.
Women Talk About Receiving Obscene Messages During Covid-Relief Work
Many women volunteers have been harassed while looking for resources online.
‘Sister Susannah’: Shattering the Silence Around Abuse
Anoushka Shankar's latest release delivers a searing indictment of abuse in so-called spaces of love.
A Letter on Grief to My Thatha
Growing up in a conservative South Indian family as averse to displays of affection as ours, I never got to tell you that I loved you.
Tracing the Contours of Beauty
I have been trying to teach myself for a long time now that my body is simply another aspect of my entire being.
Shades of Silence
'We fight over things that people say, not over things they don’t. We pay more attention to their words, and not what their silence condoned.'
A Prayer From Across the Seas
'I whimper a cry, not just for my mother, or the friend who lost a brother, but for the woman gasping for breath on the road.'
To the Graduating Batch of 2021, It’s Been a Pleasure
Our worst fear – a virtual farewell has become a reality.