TRENDING: POTENT MIX OF RELIGION, POLITICS, MEDIA

Maintaining a clear separation between religion and politics, and sustaining a media free of pressure, is essential for pluralism, democracy, a...

POLITICS: FLASHBACK TO THE TIMES OF HINDUTVA

The influence of Hindutva politics on democratic and academic institutions in India has raised concerns about the erosion of secularism, threat...

CLOSE TO THE GARDEN OF BROKEN SHADOWS

Humra Quraishi traces the events from 6^th December 1992 to the recently concluded assembly elections, bring to fore...

A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER ON AUGUST 15, 2023

A national level campaign, #MereGharAaKeToDekho (Visit My Home, Be My Guest) is being launched by hundreds of national networks, secular and de...

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BOLLYWOOD AND POLITICS

One’s been listening to viewers of The Kerala Story. The common refrain is, “Ye picture dekh kar Musalmano se darr lag raha hai! (A...

KEECHAR VERSUS GULAL

Satyabrata Ghosh analyses the following words spoken by the Prime Minister of India in parliament: “Keechar uskey paas t...

THE OPTIMISTS - 2023

Vinta Nanda glides into the next year with this: I decided to focus on hope and confidence, on the positive i...

Figuring out Chaddha

An essential quality of cinema is to portray moments that are transitory in human life, writes Satyabrata Ghosh in his take on...

Winds of Change in Uttar Pradesh

Subhashini Ali analyses the political scenario in Uttar Pradesh, soon going to elections, and finds that the winds of change seem imminent.

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