'We are silent shadows crossing our thresholds'.
My Favourite Detective: Jules Maigret, the Paris Detective With a Pipe but No Pretence
Created by a prolific French author, Inspector Jules Maigret observes without judgement and moves like a chameleon between social classes.
‘Nukkad Closed’: A Musical Tribute to Garima Kothari, A Woman Who Fought All Odds
Songwriter Manas Jha's latest indie-rock single narrates the story of a 35-year-old chef and restaurateur who was found dead in her apartment in New Jersey in April 2020.
What They (Don’t) Write About Northeast India in School Textbooks
The collective intellectual dishonesty and lack of political vision for an inclusive school curriculum policy play a big role in making Northeast Indians invisible.
Harriet Tubman: Biden Revives Plan to Put a Black Woman of Faith on the $20 Bill
Although millions voted to put her face on the bill in an online poll, many still don't know the story of her life and the role faith played in …
Don’t Settle
A poem on how dreams are stashed away in the face of realities of life, leading to a workforce resigning itself to working mindlessly day in and day out.
What Is Real Violence?
'Demanding rights is not violence, denying them is.'
‘WandaVision’ Needs More Surrealism
Disney Plus’s new Marvel show 'WandaVision' promises a surreal spin on a 1960s sitcom reality. But so far, it’s delivered little more than winks and nods to Marvel Cinematic …
Amanda Gorman’s Take on Love as Legacy Points to Youth’s Power to Shape Future Generations
The first national youth poet laureate in the US taps into the power of generativity, a concept that refers to creating a legacy that lasts beyond our lifetimes to …
History vs Fiction: How the Quest for Historical Accuracy Is Ruining Entertainment
Stop insisting on a perfectly real and at the same time perfectly unreal story.