After a road accident that killed two students, Dhaka's teens have taken over the city's streets to check drivers' licences and impose traffic law to take on governmental apathy.
‘Sacred Games’ Goes Where Our Silent News Media Doesn’t
Unlike traditional media, the Netflix show actually takes on the destructive potential of communalism and divisive politics.
Would It Be a Lot Easier If I Just Got Married?
Sometimes I wonder, would it be a lot easier if I just got married? I could still dabble into this, and my wife wouldn’t hear a hiss.
Mixing Science and Art to Make the Truth More Interesting Than Lies
There are many reasons why scientists collaborating with artists makes sense, now more than ever.
On Confronting the Messiness of Identity and Nationality
What does it mean to have a nationality, an identity? And why do other people get to answer these questions for us?
What It’s Like to Be an Actor When You’re Not a Star Kid
Star kids get first, second, third, even fourth chances to make it to the top. But we, commoners, have to struggle for years just hoping for that crucial first …
‘Babri Masjid, 25 Years On…’: Multiple Perspectives on the Making and Aftermath of a Riot
The books knits together several different perspectives – both personal and institutional – on the 1992 riots. However, it fails to address Brahmanical elitism and its influence in our …
A Year Ago, BHU Students Protested Against the Administration. Now They’re Getting Debarred
A standing committee has found several students guilty of "sitting on a dharna" resulting in them getting debarred from the university.
On Intolerance, Salman Rushdie and ‘The Moor’s Last Sigh’
In these Hindutva-charged times, Rushdie's novel about plurality and intolerance takes on a new, contemporary significance.
Bollywood Is On The Precipice Of a Great Transformation
The arrival of TV and the break-up of studios in the 60s revolutionised Hollywood movies; with the arrival of online platforms, Indian cinema is in for a similar transformation.