Call of the Valley

A photo-essay by Ashis Ghatak: On the placid side of Kashmir and its infallibly hospitable mountain folk.

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Mush do about something

Khalid Mohamed reviews the pleasant-enough road movie Kilometers and Kilometers from Kerala, the brain-bashing ode to violence...

Indigenous Music Festivals for Music-lovers

Music has the power to heal the soul and pull distant hearts together. Listening to music on phone or on television is the way to relax for man...

Why being an Intellectual has become risky in Modi's India

It is difficult to draw the line between an 'ordinary' citizen questioning the fate of his tax money in a tea s...

The Old Man And The Tree

This octogenarian is the last surviving master craftsman of the fading Likhai woodwork tradition of Kumaon A million wrinkles crease his face; his eyes are clouded with age...

Manipur: Indian School Girls Drag Broken Down Bus Uphill

A photograph of Indian schoolgirls dragging a bus uphill in slippery mud after it broke down has gone viral, with Twitter users citing it as an example of true “girl ...

Initiating A Dialogue Toward Inclusive Identities

“When was the first time you realised that you were a boy or a girl?”
This was one of the initial questions asked to ten year ol...

Internet Browsing Habits Among Indian Children Are Worrisome & Alarming!

If the problem with pre-Internet era was scarcity, then the concern with today’s Internet era is abundance – an overflow of information and data which has no en...