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Illustration: Saahil

Culture & Society

Creativity Curtailed in Kerala?

BY Shahina K. K.

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'Tripping Down the Ganga' by Siddharth Kapila: Discovering an Awakening

Illustration: Saahil

How Right-Wing Media and Social Platforms Are Waging War on India’s Liberal Voices

BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

| Photo: AP : Alarming Deterioration Of Press Freedom Marks Trump's Second Term As President

World Press Freedom Day | Trump's Second Term Marked by Assault on Media

BY Danita Yadav

File Photo : Mukesh Chandrakar allegedly murdered for exposing corruption in a road development project

Press Freedom in India: Unofficial State of Emergency, Says RSF

BY Outlook News Desk

Publisher: Bloomsbury India : Girls Who Stray Book Cover

'Girls Who Stray' by Anisha Lalvani: Through a Glass Darkly

BY Vineetha Mokkil

Speaking Tiger : Book Cover of The Phatom's Howl by Arundhati Nath

'The Phantom’s Howl': Exploring the Bengali's Love of the Paranormal

Yawar Nazir/Getty Images : SRINAGAR, KASHMIR- NOVEMBER 22: A Kashmiri Muslim man scatters flowers on the grave as he pays homage to Robert Thorpe, on his 145th death anniversary at a Christian cemetery on November 22, 2013 Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. Robert Thorpes father Colonel E Thorpe married a Kashmiri woman in 1833. In 1865, a young Robert visited Kashmir and wrote extensively about the miserable plight of Kashmiri Muslims under the autocratic Dogra rule in publications like Friends of India. His posthumously-published book, 'Cashmere Misgovernment' is one of the "most authentic account of unpaid forced-labour Kashmir people were subjected to under the autocratic rule and other forms of mistreatment," according to one Kashmiri historian. Although deported from Kashmir by a rattled Dogra administration, Thorpe covertly returned to Kashmir but was found dead on a hill under mysterious conditions.

Culture & Society

Silent Stones, Speaking Souls: Kashmir’s Christian Legacy at Sheikh Bagh Cemetery

BY Shereen Naman

Photo: Manpreet Romana : Collatral Damage: A house next to the house of a suspected militant was damaged during a demolition drive in Murran, Pulwama

Inside Kashmir Crackdown: Demolished Homes, Mass Detentions

BY Ishfaq Naseem

EXODUS-The News: Artwork by Naushad Gayoor

Coffins Don’t Permit Debates | Reflection in the Wake of Pahalgam

BY Huzaifa Pandit

| Photo: Getty Images : The Silence: The market at Lal Chowk in Srinagar remained shut after the Pahalgam terror attack

Pahalgam Terror Attack | How Kashmir's Reaction Marked a Shift

BY Toufiq Rashid

| Photo: Yasir Iqbal, Manpreet Romana : Pahalgam Terrorist Attack

Anatomy Of An Attack | Aftermath of the Pahalgam Attack in Photos

BY Manpreet Romana

| Photo: AP : In Solidarity: Kashmiri boatmen hold placards to condemn the Pahalgam terror attack in Dal Lake, Srinagar

Pahalgam Attack: Striking at Kashmir's Livelihood

BY Toibah Kirmani

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee for Outlook India : Security heightended in West Bengal's Murshidabad

The Anti-Waqf Law Violence in Bengal’s Murshidabad: How It Unfolded

BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

| Photo: Getty Images : The Long Wait ”How must we reflect on this abomination of killing Hindus in Kashmir?”

Pahalagam Terror Attack: Will Kashmir Ever Be the Same Again?

BY Siddhartha Gigoo

| Photo: AP : In Solidarity: People gather for a candle march in Srinagar

Pahalgam Terror Attack: The Nation Should Stand in Solidarity With Kashmiris

BY Anuradha Bhasin

| Photo: PTI : Too Close for Comfort: Border Security Force soldiers and Pakistani Rangers stand guard at Attari-Wagah border

India And Pakistan On The Brink Again After Pahalgam Attack

X (formerly Twitter) : Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq is the 14th Mirwaiz of Kashmir

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq: 'Violence Thrives Where Dialogue Is Absent'

BY Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

Getty Images : Mehbooba Mufti leads protest against Pahalgam terror attack in Kashmir Valley

Mehbooba Mufti: ‘Distinguish Between Terrorists And Ordinary Citizens’

BY Mehbooba Mufti

Fateful Day: Naval officer Lieutenant Vinay Narwal and his wife Himanshi were on their honeymoon when he was shot dead at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam, Anant Nag district, by terrorists on April 22

In Pahalgam Terror Attack's Aftermath, Questions on Security

BY Toufiq Rashid

Photo: AP

Pahalgam Terror Attack | Kashmir Bears the Collateral Damage

BY Chinki Sinha

Magazine Cover - Pahalgam Terror Attack

Outlook’s Next Issue On Pahalgam Terror Attack

BY Outlook News Desk

Getty Images : Indus Waters Treaty Abeyance Reignites Kashmir’s Specter

Hydraulic Leviathan: Indus Waters Treaty Abeyance Reignites Kashmir’s Spectre 

BY Rao Farman Ali

Tribhuvan Tiwari : Procession being carried out in Karnal with Lt Vinay Narwal's mortal remains

The Spectacle: How Indian Media Reported On The Pahalgam Terror Attack Aftermath

BY Avantika Mehta

Toibah Kirmani : A tribal family's house demolished post-pahalgam attack |

‘Nothing To Do With Militancy’, Says Tribal Family Whose Mud House Was Demolished Post-Pahalgam Attack

BY Toibah Kirmani

| Photo: Suresh K. Pandey : Shahina Fatima, who lives in the widows’ quarters, is anxious about the future in the wake of the amended Waqf law

In Lucknow's Widows' Quarters, Dreaming of a House of One’s Own

BY Shahina Fatima

Illustration: Vikas Thakur

Hope and Deadlock in Munambam: Kerala’s Waqf Land Dispute Remains Unresolved After the 2025 Amendment

BY Shahina K. K.

The Battle Over Waqf: How India's 2025 Amendments Reshape a 1,400-Year-Old Institution

BY Dr. Syed Mahmood Akhter

Ik Bani : Sikhs Take Out Candle March

Pahalgam: Sikhs and their Act of Valour

BY Bupinder Singh Bali

Yasir Iqbal : Pahalgam attack

Religious Violence And A Post-Secular World

BY Angshuman Kar

Artwork by Anupriya

Culture & Society

Where Are You Now, Shahid | Poem

BY Ashwani Kumar

Artwork by Sahil

Culture & Society

Colour Of Meadow Is Red |Poem

BY Boudhayan Mukherjee

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