‘Uttar Pradesh Is In Need Of A Farmer Chief Minister’
BJP MP, Virendra Singh, who refused to take off his turban in the US embassy on his party's chances in the upcoming UP elections.
The Cure For ‘Moral’ Panic
In the liberal public sphere, Mahmood Farooqui’s trial is not yet over. Concerns over ‘carceral feminism’ and ‘flawed’ trials reveal our insecurities.
Armed With The Original Weapon
Four stone-pelters from Kashmir talk about their lives, their motivations and the neolithic intifada
The State Can Only Be A Goliath
A myopic Indian state has irrevocably forfeited Kashmiris’ trust. Like in Palestine, they’ll now wage a decentralised, azadi-driven struggle.
The Sialkot ‘Boom Boom’
Pakistani manufacturers of sports goods score big in exports by concentrating on making footballs
The Jane Theory Of Time
Jain women, who are marrying late, represent a tussle between tradition and modernity in the community
‘They Said Women’s Entry Was Always A Mistake’
An interview with Noorjehan Safia Niaz, founder of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, whose PIL led to the revocation of the ban on the entry of women into Haji Ali
No Exit For Abused Men
The ordeal of a BHU student speaks of the ineffable trauma that male rape victims carry and are damaged by
“A Monk Can Guide, Must Not Take Part In Politics”
Digamber Jain muni, Tarun Sagar, whose address in the Haryana Assembly sparked off a row, on religion, politics and society
Her Mandrake Root Manna
The real Mother Teresa miracle was that a credulous Indian public swallowed it whole—and Calcutta willingly committed image suicide
“Mother Teresa Is There In Spirit; We Can Feel Her Divine Love At All Times”
Archbishop of the Diocese that initiated the procedure of Mother Teresa's canonisation on the questions that are often raised about the Mother's work
Stark White, With Lines
A halo? An indistinct nebula? Those who beheld her say they were cured of doubt.
‘Mother Asked Me To Stroke The Dying So That They Would Feel The Warmth Of Another Person’
One does not need any skill to serve the destitute, only a desire for service
The Sked
A film festival in Delhi by BRICS, an exhibition in Bangalore celebrating Raja Ravi Varma and a Disney musical in Chennai
Edinburgh Diary
Brexit does not seem to have affected the tourist inflow and Edinburgh is close to being uncomfortably full.
Double Bill: Wada Chirebandi & Magna Talyakathi
Constantly reminds the audience of the randomness of life and the inevitable, and random, tragedies that await you
B For Mumbai, C For Kolkata
It behoves us to give credit where it is due. Wisdom has at last dawned in the east
Flailing Rage At A Missing Awadh
Naqvi’s book has value in advance warning, not in its bilious narrative
Anu Vaidyanathan
The triathlete, on her book <em>Anywhere But Home</em>, and the sport she lives with.