Reporters on the ground believe that the BJP-led NDA alliance has done “much better” in the fourth phase of the elections in Bihar. The first three phases have reportedly gone against it. The last phase, too, might see a shift
When we speak of threats to free speech, the most common current concern tends to be about acts of terrorism, perpetrated by religious zealots or reactionary cultural crusaders. The murders of Theo van Gogh, the Charlie Hebdo staff, and Dr
In ‘Why I Don’t Watch Films (Anymore)’, a satirical essay written soon after his painful migration to Pakistan that also attempted to distil his illustrious career and experiences in Bombay’s often deceitful and artificial pre-Partition film world, Saadat Hasan Manto
(For Teesta and Kalburgi) A forest, in cruel unrest. Saffron horned cows rage from dead rainbows beneath the sky burning the nests of pigeons hiding in the womb of love charred wings float mid-air like missives of mourning from
Sarmat was about to rescue his crush from the kidnappers when a loud screech woke him up. Lasse Goor, the milkman, had arrived and was unloading his large steel cans off his taang’e[1]. The sound didn’t annoy Sarmat. He had
If someday I am to write a book, I will certainly be interested in dirtying my hands in the murky waters of history writing; but I am not sure how I would go about doing it. One thing that I
Oh, our Mother, the Earth, Oh, our Father, the Sky, Your children are we, and with tired backs We bring you the gifts that you love. Then weave for us a garment of brightness; May the wrap be the white
On 28 August, the New Delhi Municipal Council announced it was changing the name of Aurangzeb Road to APJ Abdul Kalam Road, in honour of the former President. Just two days later, at the Video Music Awards in the United
This was bound to happen and this will only get worse. A spectre is yet again haunting the nation. A spectre of crass, predictable, inevitable irrationality. The underbelly of barbarism and the Hobbesean state of nature. Short, nasty and brutish.
कन्नड़ लेखक एम. एम. कलबुर्गी की हत्या के प्रतिवाद में हिंदी के रचनाकार उदय प्रकाश ने अपना साहित्य अकादमी का पुरस्कार लौटा देने की घोषणा की है। इस घोषणा के चंद दिनों बाद ही उदय प्रकाश कोलकाता आए थे। इस