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Photo: Getty Images : Trying to Stand: United British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (front row, centre) with leaders at the
European Leaders Summit in London on March 2, 2025

Europe And The North Atlantic Rift In Geopolitics

Shutterstock : As Kerala’s birth rate plunges, fears of a demographic crisis grow.

As Kerala's Birth Rate Plummets, Is A Demographic Collapse Inevitable?

BY Shahina K. K.

IMDB : (Left) Akshaye Khanna as Aurangzeb in Chhaava

Art & Entertainment

Chhaava, Bollywood’s Medieval Obsession, And The Villainising Of Muslims

BY Apeksha Priyadarshini

Shutterstock : The United Nations seems to be more of a symbolic effort in international conflict resolution rather than a functioning body capable of enforcing peace and accountability.

The United Nations System Is Broken

International Space Station : NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore eating in space |

Nine Months In Space: What Life On The ISS Was Like For Sunita Williams

BY Outlook News Desk

X : Vicky Kaushal with Devendra Fadnavis on Shivaji Jayanti

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Politics Of 'Chhaava': Generating Majoritarian Assertiveness

BY Shweta Desai

Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images : An image said to be of Maratha king Sambhaji. Anonymous, c1650 - c. 1699.

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'Chhaava' And The Larger-Than-Life Sambhaji

BY Shantanu Paranjpe

Getty Images : Aurangzeb's tomb

Aurangzeb Tomb Row: A Box-Office Hit Triggers A Political Flashpoint

BY Shweta Desai

Special Arrangement : Linguist Peggy Mohan

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“For a Language to Stay Alive, it Should be Used in Cutting Edge Fields" | Linguist Peggy Mohan on Sustaining Regional Languages

BY Avantika Mehta

Special Arrangement : Designers Shivan Bhatiya and Narresh Kukreja organised the fashion show in Gulmarg to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their label.

Why Fashion Is Not The Real Flashpoint In Gulmarg Show

BY Toibah Kirmani

AFP via Getty Images : Hindu women watch the procession as they celebrate Hindu festival of Holi in Tharparkar district of the desert town of Mithi, south-eastern Pakistan, on March 13, 2025 |

Celebrating Holi In Pakistan: Sindh's Tradition Of Religious Harmony

BY Lubna Jerar Naqvi

PTI : After a blast in Pakistan's Balochistan.

From BLA To TTP, Pakistan's Internal Challenges Gather Strength

The Lucky Ones

'The Lucky Ones' By Zara Chowdhary: An Anne Frank Moment Amid The Gujarat Riots

Tuul & Bruno Morandi : Hijra

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Hijra Community In Islam: Showing A Unique Form Of Agency

BY Tehmeena Rizvi

Girls Will Be Girls

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Women, Girls, And Uncomfortable Choices

BY Sonia Ghalian

Illustration: Vikas Thakur, Saahil

Banu Mushtaq: "I Am The Critical Insider, The Most Dangerous Position To Be"

BY Vineetha Mokkil

Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images : Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during the All India Marathi Literary Conference 2023, at Worli, on January 4, 2023 in Mumbai, India.

Marathi vs Hindi Rears Its Head Again in Maharashtra

BY Shweta Desai

Photo: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Kumbh Mela: How Religion Becomes A Spectacle Of Size And Scale

BY Sanjay Sharma

Illustration: Saahil : Ten years after the launch of the BBBP initiative, Himachal has shown a remarkable increase in CSR.

Uttarakhand, Himachal Fare Well on Centre’s ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ Report Card

BY Ashwani Sharma

Illustration: Anupriya Yoga : India achieved gender parity in primary education enrolment in 2008, in secondary education enrolment was achieved in 2013 and in higher education enrolment in 2017

Gender Gaps Are Narrowing In Education, But Is This Enough For Digital India?

BY Mitali Nikore

Outlook : Women In Thar Shed Their Ghoonghats And Take The Driver’s Seat |

Women In Rajasthan's Barmer Take The Driver’s Seat With Maru Udan

BY Tabeenah Anjum

Outlook : Hetal Dedhia with her father, Mulchand Dedhia

Art & Entertainment

Lights, Camera, Action: In conversation with Hetal Dedhia, India’s first female gaffer

BY Apeksha Priyadarshini

AP : U.S. President Donald Trump (C) and Vice President JD Vance meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House on February 28, 2025 in Washington, DC |

Humiliating Zelensky In White House Should Worry America’s Allies

BY Sartaj Chaudhary

| Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari : Increasing Influx: People on their way to Kedarnath, a major pilgrimage centre in Uttarakhand

Char Dham Region Under Stress With Unchecked Tourism, Reckless Development

BY Priyadarshini Patel

Photo: AP : Anti-imperialist Stance: Congress Party workers in Kolkata reacting to the allegation that USAID, an American agency, allotted $21 million to fund ‘voter turnout’ in India. It turned out that the fund was likely approved for Bangladesh, not India

Is India’s Foreign Policy Being Subordinated To US Interests? | MarginSpeak

BY Anand Teltumbde

| Video screengrab via official Narendra Modi X account : For a Glimpse of the Submerged City: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a deep dive in the Arabian Sea in Gujarat in February 2024

In Search of Dwarka That Krishna Built

BY Pritha Vashisth

| Photo: Suresh K. Pandey : Ayodhya 2.0: A laser show at Surya Kund, Ayodhya

Ayodhya: Then And Now

BY Anil Kumar Singh

Artwork by Anupriya

Culture & Society

The Spiritual Disconnect In Today’s Commercialised Pilgrimages

AP : Activists protest against violence and sectarian attacks in syria on March 9, 2025 |

Syria's Alawites: From Power To Peril

BY Outlook News Desk

Photo: AP : A Spectacle to Behold: An aerial view of devotees taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers on the final day of the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on February 26, 2025

Culture & Society

Kumbh And The Phenomenon That Is The Indian Mela

BY Chandan Gowda

| Photo: Prashant Panjiar : Religiosity at Play: Snapshots from the Kumbh Mela over the years

Behind The Rise Of Religious Tourism In India

BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

| Photo: Vikram Sharma : Blind Faith: Bageshwar Baba addresses his disciples at a public ‘darbar’ organised at Bageshwar Dham

In Bageshwar Baba's Land, A City Built On Religious Tourism

BY Avantika Mehta

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