In the years she spent in India, Fahmida Riaz wrote a significant but underappreciated body of poems. When read together, ...
For Editor J, the creator of The Savala Vada meme page, humour is an attempt to stave off the despair resulting from India‘s ...
LATE INTO THE NIGHT between 21 and 22 December 2023, five officers rushed into a room at the Echo Company Base of the 48 Rashtriya Rifles, at the small ridge of Dera Ki Gali. The base overlooks the ...
ON 15 AUGUST 2024, Kailash Gahlot unfurled the national flag at the Chhatrasal stadium, in north Delhi. In the absence of the chief minister, the lieutenant governor has the prerogative to nominate a ...
Delhi will elect its eighth Vidhan Sabha on 5 February, in what appears to be the sternest test yet for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party. Having made a startling electoral debut in the 2013 assembly ...
THE VILLAGE OF UDDANDARAYUNIPALEM, in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district, was abuzz with activity on 22 October 2015. It was Vijaya Dashami, but a far more momentous celebration was being planned. After ...
On 3 January, the dead body of a journalist from Bastar, Mukesh Chandrakar, was found in a septic tank in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur. His autopsy revealed that he was brutally murdered, with several head ...
The death of Manmohan Singh in December 2024 prompted a reassessment of a man who had faced heavy criticism from his political opponents towards the end of his second term as prime minister. Much of ...
ON 19 FEBRUARY 1994, Phoolan Devi steps out of a jail van at the Tis Hazari court in New Delhi, after her release. Popularly known as the “bandit queen,” Phoolan was one of India’s most famous outlaws ...