Why does nearly every ‘natural’ disaster hit us on such a scale? What are we doing wrong? Who’s guilty? Kerala’s monster monsoon leaves us with a deluge of questions.
Prof V.S. Shinde, senior archaeologist and vice-chancellor of Deccan College, explains how Rakhigarhi extends our understanding of the Harappan civilisation.
The Rakhigarhi project shines light on an old enigma: the Harappans were genetically ‘Ancestral South Indian’ stock. Which is to say, all of us in South Asia are their children.
Filmmaker and writer Paromita Vohra speaks on themes of sexuality in India, the effect patriarchy has on it and why there is liberation in folks filming themselves having sex.
Filmmaker Qaushiq Mukherjee talks about the camera as ‘voyeuristic’ device, his experiences in front of it and behind, and also about the politics of the image.
Couples are shooting themselves—not with bullets, but the phonecam. And sharing their moments of intimacy. It’s just another shock to the laws that police pleasure and sexuality.
Has the One Hundred and First Amendment to the Constitution smoothed the passage of goods on our highways? Outlook’s correspondents clamber on to trucks across India to gauge.
Following matches through radio static to plugging in—Indian fans have been steadfast as ever. But has the dazzle of European soccer held us in enthralled stupor?
In its essence, the Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda flick is a love story well-told, mostly managing to rise above clichés in favour of a fairly tightly-knit narrative.
In two specific cases from Thursday, and in many more over the past few months, the 'national media' has come across as goofy and there are cases riddled with sloppy fact-checking
