In the quiet corridors of corporate India, the most powerful stories aren’t in the boardrooms—they’re hidden in sketchbooks, unfinished poems, and melodies waiting to return.
An Evening Written in Smoke and Dust.
BY Ashutosh Kumar Thakur 14 November 2025
In the end, exit polls are not the problem; our faith in them is. They are snapshots, not verdicts, approximations in a land that defies neat equations. Their value lies in provoking debate, not in deciding destiny.
BY Ashutosh Kumar Thakur 12 November 2025
In Bihar’s predominantly Hindu demography, Seemanchal stands apart. Nearly half of its population, in Kishanganj, as much as 68 per cent, is Muslim.
BY Ashutosh Kumar Thakur 10 November 2025
Pandey’s death leaves a void, not just in Indian advertising, but in the wider cultural imagination. He was, in every sense, a craftsman of narratives, a teacher, a guide, and a friend.
BY Ashutosh Kumar Thakur 24 October 2025
Nobel Laureate László Krasznahorkai’s fiction carries the texture of decay, the slow crumble of certainty, the dust of exhausted faith.
BY Ashutosh Kumar Thakur 11 October 2025
Neelakshi Singh’s Hindi translation of the Norwegian novel 'The Ice Palace' brings Vesaas’s masterpiece to a new audience.
BY Ashutosh Kumar Thakur 23 March 2025
Ten years after its publication, Nirvasan remains as relevant as ever, inviting readers to revisit its narrative in today's context of increasing global migration and cultural displacement
BY Ashutosh Kumar Thakur 6 October 2024
In 'Agam Bahai Dariyav', Shivmurti masterfully captures the trials and resilience of farmers, re-centring their plight in contemporary literature
BY Ashutosh Kumar Thakur 28 July 2024
In this interview, renowned Madhubani artist and scholar Rani Jha illuminates the ancient origins, pioneering artists, and modern trajectories that have shaped this iconic Mithila art form.
BY Ashutosh Kumar Thakur 26 May 2024
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