The real problem is the production of a Hindu mind in India which is supremacist and suffers from a sense of exceptionalism. A supremacist mind is also an insecure …
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Chennai the Top Big Indian City for Women, South Fares Better Than North: Report
In terms of state averages, Kerala emerged on top.
Unconditional Love
A poem on the love a parent has for his or her child – a love absolutely unalloyed and unconditional.
A Battle Against Forgetting: Recording the Sordid Saga of Kashmir Since August 2019
Anuradha Bhasin’s new book, 'A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of Kashmir After Article 370', goes deep into the saga of a people betrayed and promises broken.
Why BJP’s Celebration of SC’s Demonetisation Judgment Is Bizarre
The government giving a political twist to the ruling betrays anxiety about the desirability of the demonetisation exercise in 2016.
Hindu Right Activists Vandalise Ahmedabad Mall Over ‘Pathaan’ Posters
Five members of the mob were detained by the police and then later released.
The Ashy Wren Warbler
A poem on a recent insightful avian encounter in the author's garden.
How Science Fiction Predicted Recent High-tech Developments in Chemistry
Astounding leaps forward in diagnostics, recycling and food are just a few areas of chemistry that were once considered science fiction
What’s a ‘Corrected’ Version of Indian History?
The Indian Council of Historical Research circulated a concept note, which, in its endeavour to present the ancient Indian political systems in a good light, draws a false equivalence …
Dear January
There is nothing special about you, so I won’t make a list. I won’t expect. All I will do is accept.