The continuing imprisonment of some of the country's brightest minds will persist as an indelible taint on the history of a nation state that prides itself as a democracy.
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You remain hopeful some judge will see through the absurdity of the charges. You also caution yourself about the perils of nurturing such hopes, writes Umar Khalid after spending 15 months in Tihar jail as an undertrial.
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Mahesh Raut, a TISS alumnus and rights activist working for Adivasis and marginalised communities, was arrested in June 2018 in the Bhima-Koregaon Maoist conspiracy case and has since been incarcerated in jail
Umar Khalid, arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for his alleged role in the Northeast Delhi communal violence in 2020, has been languishing in prison for nearly five years. His mother, Sabiha Khanam writes on meeting him in Tihar jail.
Sometimes, especially on a subject as complex as education, all we can do is ask questions. In this issue, Outlook Magazine asks the top experts, entrepreneurs, scholars and academics what Indians seeking to study in the United States really want—and whether it's time they searched for greener pastures. The answers may truly surprise us.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party's "Jaha Jhuggi Waha Makaan" manifesto promised affordable housing to Delhi's slum dwellers, but for many, that promise remains unfulfilled.
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This isn’t to say these regimes aren’t oppressive and have not tortured their people, especially women, but to impose a war on their country invoking the brutal regime and making a case for bombings is to undermine people’s ability to question and collectivise on their own. We know from history how many countries have been abandoned, like Afghanistan
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As missiles fall silent—for now—it’s time to explore whether the heart of the Iran-Israel conflict lies in a deeper battle over culture and values
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Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu now seems out of control. The 12-day Iran-Israel war, backed by Big Daddy US, proves that
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Where do Israel, Iran and the US go from here? Will there be permanent peace or is this just a lull before a storm?
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Policies—whether in the West or in the Muslim world—are imposed on women, not developed with them or for them. How they dress becomes shorthand for community honour, nationalism or piety
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The US has zero moral authority to want to tell the Tehran regime to behave itself or be nice to its own people
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The Iranian constitution is instrumental in giving an ideological and political base for the theocratic state, notwithstanding recurrent internal unrest, economic hardships and wars fought over the last four-and-a-half decades
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Iranian dissidents—who once defied the Shah and then the clerics—have united against foreign attacks and have called for a new vision of freedom and unity
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Modern warfare is a shape-shifting entity and the information explosion has expanded the battlespace far beyond the battlefield
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Not the conservative ‘red’ as Zohran Mamdani is a democratic socialist
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Political parties in Bihar are looking to woo women voters—who constitute almost half of the vote bank—ahead of the state Assembly election
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Mahesh Raut, a TISS alumnus and rights activist working for Adivasis and marginalised communities, was arrested in June 2018 in the Bhima-Koregaon Maoist conspiracy case and has since been incarcerated in jail
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Book bans are about fear, control and the desperate need to manage public imagination
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Guru Dutt, whose birth centenary falls this July, created cinematic masterpieces amid the fog of his own uncertainty
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This novel is a flawed, luminous, maximalist love letter to Kolkata’s layered soul
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Our worst algorithms have come home to haunt us. The nightmare is no longer something we dream up. It is dreamt on our behalf
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As children, we didn’t quite understand what was happening but we knew something was amiss.Only later did I understand what not seeing eye to eye meant.
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On his fourth death anniversary, remembering Dilip Kumar, who shaped the contours of the hero for commercial Hindi cinema.
On his birth centenary, a lookback through Guru Dutt's life and work.
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Deepika Padukone’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star may appear ceremonial, yet its significance for Indian cinema runs far deeper than mere symbolism.
Compared to Dominion, Rebirth is a noticeable step up in tone, visual ambition, and atmosphere. But even the most accomplished direction can’t mask the story’s lack of originality and coherence.
Through ‘bold’ pap stunts, influencers navigate a competitive digital world, but the outrage they spark reveals more about society’s discomfort with women’s autonomy than about their clothes.
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The Ramayana, while revered, remains a narrative—meant to be reimagined. What was once a text reshaped by regional, caste-driven, and feminist voices is now increasingly illustrated as a fixed, singular truth.
The Iranian master’s final film, 24 Frames, erases lines between photography and cinema
American actors Mark Bennington and Edward Sonnenblick recount their Bollywood experience in a recent flurry of roles that sees them as British colonisers, CIA operatives, Russian diplomats and the foreigner son-in-law.
With the Chief Minister's Grassroots Music Programme comes not only income, but a shift in the posture of musicians in Meghalaya from performance as a plea to performance as presence.
Squid Game 3 is not a mere thriller or an engaging cinematic experience—it sheds light on socio-economic dynamics, moral decay, social realism, human psychology, and the unrelenting penetration of capital.
As Devdas turns 23 this July, here’s looking at the enduring intrigue of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who reigned over the global stage since the film’s release, despite an intermittent career back home.
Kareena’s career unfolds in distinct phases: teen idol, glamorous heroine, serious actor, mainstream lead, ensemble player, and mother figure. Her journey is a witness to a woman who’s grown over the years.
Making room for the personal alongside the political, Guru Dutt’s films ask difficult questions that continue to make us queasy.
Pride Month Special | Queer films currently emerging in India aren’t love-conquers-all stories, but grounded ones—closer to what is, rather than what should be. They reflect a world where “love is love” still feels more like an aspiration than a reality.
The first South Indian Hindi film of Guru Dutt where he played the male lead was 1963 film Bahurani, directed by T Prakash Rao.
Pride Month Special | Little happened in Rituparno Ghosh’s films that the director hadn’t already lived through—or at the very least, felt in his bones—as is so often the case with the most honest art.
Raj’s legacy has been ever enriching. Five decades in filmmaking is indeed a long innings, but he didn’t get featured in media like others.
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