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File photo : Good intentions alone cannot save lives and a system that relies on citizens’ generosity must, at the very least, honour that generosity with care. Needless to mention that I donated blood and would continue to donate blood in future.

'AIIMS Delhi Is A Class Apart Institution But Donor Care Is A Different Story'

BY Jyotika Kalra

Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP : Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026.

Mark Carney And Nehru: When One Voice Breaks The Silence

BY Manoj Kumar Jha

Saahil, Outlook : The struggle for justice needs sacrifices: Sharjeel Imam.

Sharjeel Imam Completes Six Years In Jail Following Bail Denial In Delhi Riots Case

BY Saher Hiba Khan

PTI : NCP workers mourn the death of party leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, at the party office in Mumbai, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026.

Who’ll Claim Ajit Pawar’s Political Legacy And What’s The Future Of The NCP?

BY Priyanka Tupe

X.com :
The situation escalated after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) put up posters and circulated cartoons opposing the Bihar Bhavan project.

Bihar Bhavan Allotment Sparks Political Row, Sassoon Dock Fisherfolk Cry Injustice

BY Jinit Parmar

Ajit Pawar

Sanjay Gandhi To Ajit Pawar: Prominent Public Figures Who Died In Air Mishaps

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : Students protest against UGC Act at Delhi University

Explained: What Are The New UGC Anti-Discrimination Guidelines?

BY Jagisha Arora

Model based on Anda cell, Artwork by Sofia Karim, 2021. "My mausoleum. My thin place. A small door to enter. (You have to stoop). In Anda, the guards do
not belittle themselves by passing through this door. They enter through a different gate, head held high."

Voices From Prison: Imprisonment Sends A Calculated Message To Everyone Else

BY Abdul Wahid Shaikh

| Photo: LinkedIn : Captain Shambhavi Pathak, the First Officer killed in Baramati Plane crash

Who Was Captain Shambhavi Pathak, The First Officer Killed In Baramati Plane Crash

BY Outlook News Desk

Imago : Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar

Ajit Pawar, 6-Time Maharashtra Deputy CM, Was An Ace Administrator

Hindustan Times/IMAGO : Rahul Gandhi with DMK leaders

Negotiating From Unequal Ground: DMK’s Cold Response To Congress Demands

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

X.com : At just 20 years old, while working as a bus conductor, Gowda began collecting books. What started as a personal passion soon became a lifelong mission. Each book he gathered carried a purpose far beyond personal ownership.

R-Day Special: From Bus Conductor To Padma Awardee, How Anke Gowda Built India’s Largest Free Library

BY Outlook News Desk

X.com : A dominant presence in the state’s socio-political life for over six decades, Natesan continues to exercise considerable influence across communities.

R-Day Special: Influence, Controversy, Padma Honour For Vellappally Natesan Ahead Of Kerala Polls

BY Ashlin Mathew

Sandipan Chatterjee : Deborah Baker

Deborah Baker Revisits Allen Ginsberg’s India Years at Exide Kolkata Literary Meet

BY Sreemanti Sengupta

What Does the Constitution Mean to Us, Really? A Teenager’s Republic Day

R-Day Special: What Does the Constitution Mean to Us, Really? A Teenager’s Republic Day

| Source: PTI : Kashmiri scholar, poet, linguist and translator professor Shafi Shauq, who has been named among the recipients of the Padma Shri Award 2026 for his contribution to education and literature, in Srinagar, Sun, Jan. 25, 2026

R-Day Special: Celebrating The Legacy Of Kashmiri Padma Shri Awardee Professor Shafi Shauq

BY Ishfaq Naseem

Beyond RK Laxman: Is There Space For The ‘Common Man’ In Today's India?

R-Day Special: Beyond RK Laxman, Is There Space For The ‘Common Man’ In Today's India?

BY Snehal Srivastava

R-Day Special: Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda & Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar Are Maharashtra's Cultural Legatees

BY Pritha Vashisth

wiki commons : The Preamble of India

R-Day Special: 'We, The People' And The Republic Of India At 77

Illustration: Saahil : Prison Can Not Cage Voices

Culture & Society

Prison Can Not Cage Voices

BY Moumita Alam

Mark Tully

An Afternoon With Sir Mark Tully

BY Aasheesh Sharma

Sandipan Chatterjee
: A photograph from Exide Kolkata literary meet

Literary Festivals In India: Connection, Orality, Inclusion

BY Ashok Kumar Bal

On January 23, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah in Delhi was immersed in a radiant sea of yellow, as Basant Panchami unfolded in its timeless Sufi splendour, despite the persistent rain that drenched the city throughout the day.

Culture & Society

Photo Feature: A Yellow Sea In Winter Rain, The Enduring Spirit Of Sufi Basant In Delhi’s Nizamuddin Dargah

BY Unzila Sheikh

Art work by Arun Ferreira : Cell Alone: I, me and myself. If only sleep would silently ship me to some sociable shore.

VOICES FROM PRISON

Photo Feature: Art Drawn Inside The Carceral State, By Arun Ferreira

BY Outlook News Desk

I knew that the National Human Rights Commission had noted thirty-one cases of fake encounter killings in Maharashtra alone in the previous five years.

Book Excerpt: Colours Of The Cage: A Prison Memoir, By Arun Ferreira

BY Outlook News Desk

‘Unsilenced: The Jail Diary of an Activist’ by Seema Azad

Book Excerpt|Unsilenced: The Jail Diary Of An Activist, By Seema Azad

Illustration: Saahil

Think Ink: Lit Fests In The Time Of AI

BY Vineetha Mokkil

Kerala’s literature festivals

Culture & Society

Culture, commerce, And The Rise Of Kerala’s Literature Festivals

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

Aadil Pandit is a human rights lawyer

Voices from Prison

UAPA In J&K: ‘Prolonged Detention And Delayed Trials Make Process The Punishment’

Illustration: Saahil : Is there no freedom and justice for the political prisoners?

Kobad Ghandy’s ‘Fractured Freedom’

BY Kobad Ghandy

(UGC via AP) : REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE: In this frame grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they take to the streets despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.

Trump Warns Iran As Reports Emerge Of Rising Death Toll From Protest Crackdown

BY Outlook News Desk

MGNREGA: When Certainty Disappears, Do Women Lose First?

MGNREGA Change: When Certainty Disappears, Do Women Lose First?

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