How Kashmiri Pandits' Loss And Longing For 'Home' Find Expression In Their Literature

How modernity was changing old Kashmiri society was a major literary concern.

From Dacoits To Gangsters, How The Pathogen Of Crime Mutated In Uttar Pradesh

The past four decades or so in between those days of dacoity -- a remnant of a pre-modern, feudal order --...

Blood Trails In Vikas History

UP gangster with ties to police and politicians kill eight cops

Not Just Cruel But Dangerous For Human Health: PETA On Nagaland Dog Meat Trade

PETA India's Kiran Ahuja says the Nagaland government’s move to ban dog meat will save countless canines...

Why Hotel Business In Rajasthan Not In The Pink Of Health

Rajasthan’s tourism industry will suffer a loss of approximately Rs 12,000-15,000 crore in the next...

‘Crores Of Rupees Couldn’t Have Bought The Fame’: TikTok Stars React To App Ban

The ban on TikTok has left its top users with mixed feelings. Some of them say they will try other platforms...

1.4 Million Followers But Often Sleeps Hungry: What TikTok Means To This Labourer

Uday Singh, a labourer, couldn’t sleep the whole night when he heard that the Indian government had banned...

When The Law Is Equal, How Do Cops Often Get Away With Their Crimes?

The killing of George Floyd by a police officer in the US is still fresh in world consciousness. And yet...

Dear Editor, I Disagree With Your ‘Both-sides’ Journalism

The both-sides trope recognises and dignifies hate as a ‘side’. It works as an equaliser, often between a...

The Trunk Call Is An SOS

India No Country For Elephants, Either In The Wild Or In Captivity

The cruel killing of an elephant with crackers in Kerala shocked everyone. But hundreds of elephants meet a...

Of Two Bosom Friends When Death Beckoned On A Highway

Off-loaded from a truck on a dusty MP road, Mohammed Saiyub did everything to save his childhood friend Amrit...

Braving Death, Lakhs Of Migrants Return Home To A Tense Future. Will There Be Light After Darkness?

At least a 100 died on their desperate journey back home. India’s rural economy will be tested when...

Caught Between Hope And Despair, Bundelkhand Migrants Slip Into Dark Mode

There’s little work at home, and the cities have let them down badly. Parvati, Santosh and Ramphal now have...

'In Great Distress, Stuck Without Food Or Water': Last Words Of Migrant Killed In Aurangabad Train Tragedy

Of the 16 migrant labourers who were run over by a train in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad, nine belonged to a...

'Betrayal By Elected Govts': Activist Aruna Roy On Suspension Of Labour Laws

Social and political activist Aruna Roy says the relaxation of labour laws by Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh...

‘To Understand These Brave People,’ Filmmaker Travels 1,200 Km With Seven Migrant Labourers

Vinod Kapri, an award winning film-maker, spoke to Outlook about the arduous journey of the migrants, the...

Students Bear The Brunt As AMU, Jamia Scurry To Send Them Home

From being quarantined at derelict facilities to being victimised by police for participation in anti-CAA...

Life And Death In Time of Corona: 'It's Easier To Mourn When You Are With Your Loved Ones' -- A Daughter's Painful Tale Of Being Locked Out

Achira Dev was left stranded in Delhi when her 'best friend' and father died in Silchar

A Quiet Nativity