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IMDB : A couple of Bollywood films warrant a re-reading—not just as post-9/11 cultural artefacts, but as cinematic fault lines where Muslim subjectivity contends with a world that demands either total assimilation or annihilation.

Pahalgam: The Cinematic Silence Of Moral Ambiguities

AP : Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk (L) with US President Donald Trump (R)

End Of The Trump-Musk Love-Fest?

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Book Review : Prayers Are Ageless Even In Times Of Hatred

The 16th Sharjah Biennial

Art and museums

The 16th Sharjah Biennial: Destabilising The Canon

BY Shaunak Mahbubani

Outlook India : After nearly a century of silence, caste is returning to the census - A look back at Outlook's Previous Issues on Caste

Counting Caste: India’s Next Big Political Faultline

BY Aranya Mukerji

- X and Truth Social Handles - : The feud between U.S. Presdient Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk

Trump and Musk: A Timeline of Alliance, Fallout, And The Epstein Files Bombshell

Getty Imahes : For the first time since 1931, caste will be formally enumerated in the national census.

2027 Caste Census: Timeline, OBC Debate And Political Stakes Explained

BY Pragya Singh

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Greta Thunberg Sets Sail To Challenge ‘Livestreamed Genocide’ In Gaza, Who Is The Activist?

BY Abhijay Vaish

| Photo: Steven Aristil/Anadolu via Getty Images : Haiti unrest

Children Of War: Growing Up In Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar, And Haiti

BY Photo Webdesk

| Photo- UNICEF/Romenzi : A child plays with a homemadesled made from an empty container and a length of cable, in Roj Camp, northeast Syria.

The Forgotten Casualties: Why the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression Matters

BY Shahnaz Parveen

AP : Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's Democratic Party

A New Beginning For South Korea

Getty Images : Woman displays crossed-out photos of US President Donald Trump and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu while joining hundreds of others in a demonstration in front of the US embassy protesting against the Israeli attack on Gaza

Wars in Gaza and Ukraine: Trump’s Peace Efforts Are Going Nowhere

Photo by Sandipan Chatterjee : In Manipur, where violence has redrawn the map of lives and livelihoods, the question of governance is not abstract. It is a matter of survival.

Manipur’s Quiet Fracture: Displacement, Distrust, and the Limits of Politics

BY Sangmuan Hangsing

Image courtesy of the author : Translating Rituparno Ghosh: star Bengali writer, Ram Ray’s favourite and monarch of all he surveyed from silver betel boxes to books

Translator’s Diary: How To Translate Time?

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Sir Creek And Adams Bridge : Know All About India’s borders

BY Jheelum Basu

Photo: PTI : Striking Hard: Security personnel at the site where a Maoist commander was killed in Palamu, Jharkhand on May 27

Maoist Conflict At Crossroads: Chhattisgarh’s Opportunity For Peace

BY Shubhranshu Choudhary

Courtesy: X : Changing Strategy: Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus with China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing on March 28, 2025

Neighbourhood Frisky Relationship: A Relook At Indo-Bangladesh Relations

BY Lt Gen (retd) Subrata Saha

Md Asghar Khan : Patwa Toli, a weavers’ hub in Gaya district, was always known as the ‘Manchester of Bihar’, but over the years, it has earned an additional nickname—the IIT village

The ‘IIT Village’ of Bihar, which Keeps ‘Manufacturing’ Success Stories, Year After Year

BY Md Asghar Khan

Publisher: ‎ Juggernaut : Book cover: Seoulmates: Korea Through Indian Eyes

Book Excerpt|Seoulmates: Korea Through Indian Eyes

BY Sudha Huzurbazar Tumbe

Shutterstock : There are different reasons behind the existence of slap stickers. Besides reclaiming the streets and promoting various businesses, they often run commentaries on political issues plaguing the cities they are found in

Culture & Society

The Evolution of ‘Slap’ Sticker Culture as Art

BY Sritama Bhattacharyya

Sachin Veer and Rupesh Sangale : The Gillo Repertory team is driven by the desire to create a love for
theatre in children

Culture & Society

No Child’s Play: Gillo Repertory Reimagines Theatre for India’s Youngest Citizens

BY Alpana Chowdhury

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Publisher: Quercus : Steering clear of cant and sanctimony, this narrative brings alive the best and worst of the great game

Book Review| Test Cricket: A History By Tim Wigmore

BY Suresh Menon

| Photo: Dinesh Parab : Life at the Border: Kulwant Singh, a survivor of Partition, is now settled in Kutch, Gujarat. She is seen with her grandchildren

Salt Wounds Of India-Pak Border: Gujarat Since Partition

BY Pritha Vashisth

Shutterstock : Indus Valley

A Pivotal Moment In Water Sharing Norms

BY Kavita Sachwani

| Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari : Such a Long Journey: Ranu Lal with his grandson in Myajlar village, located at the edge of the Indian Thar desert border

Rajasthan Border Villagers Refuse Evacuation, Choose To Fight Alongside

BY Avantika Mehta

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Book Excerpt From 'The Open-Winged Scorpion And Other Stories’

Artwork to the left: by Aakriti Jha, Artwork to the right by: Swati Kashyap : Sita Reimagined : Vaidehi Utsav Exhibition Review

Art and museums

Sita Reimagined: Vaidehi Utsav Exhibition Review

BY Aranya Mukerji

X : Prof. Ram Parkash Bambah

Culture & Society

Of Equations and Conversations: My Memories Of Prof. Ram Parkash Bambah

BY Pritam Singh

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Dinesh Parab : Borchibari Village

Culture & Society

Water-Stressed Villages In Maharashtra Are Struggling To Live With Empty Promises

BY Pritha Vashisth

| Photo: Yasir Iqbal : Broken Dreams: A local searches for his belongings after shelling

Shell-Shocked and Sleepless: What It Means to Live at the LoC

BY Ishfaq Naseem

| Suresh Pandey | : People holding cutout of Prime Minister Narendra modi in a political rally in Bihar ahead of state elections.

PM Modi Brings Up Operation Sindoor, Talks About Development in Poll-Bound Bihar

BY Md Asghar Khan

PTI : First batch of women cadets graduates from the NDA

First Batch of 17 Women Cadets Graduates From NDA, Representing ‘Inevitable Symbol Of Nari Shakti’

BY Abhijay Vaish

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