In the 1930s and 40s, Anglo-Indians who moved to McCluskieganj, their new home, had a tough time settling in because of the lack of basic amenities
Premjish Achari writes a column on the relevance of art festivals in the 21st century
According to researcher S. Bosu Mullick, most analyses of the persecution of women as witches focus on economistic perspective and tries to attribute it to political economy; the cultural origins of it are undermined
The colourful people who lived there made McCluskieganj what it was. Alas, only a few are left now
More than the lack of education and health services, it is the politics of dispossessing a woman that keeps the belief in the ‘witch’ alive
An account of the blood-curdling violence that groups of men become complicit with in their fear of women with power
Where are Anglo-Indians, as a community, heading? What does the future hold for them? Will they be around or would they be relegated to the pages of history books?
With its numerous clans, tribes, politicised groups and the conflicts within, Nagaland is stuck in a cycle of repeating old mistakes.
Questioning the government’s delay in appointment of judges recommended by the SC collegium, the apex court observes that the law declared by it is binding...
In contemporary times, love is being used as a tranquilizer and an escape from loneliness, where the other’s aggressive tendencies are perceived as strength...
The AAP would not be able to do much in Gujarat, where the BJP is culturally well entrenched and Modi has lost none of his personal charisma
The unabated exploitation of Adivasis and their land for resources may well lead to their extinction from their homeland
Let us hope that with the stamp of the Booker Prize on Geetanjali Shree’s novel, it will be more present in the storefront of book-sellers. And after it,...
Earlier, we Indians had to translate into English to reach the West. But now it’s people from the West who are attracted to Hindi literature and are...
Reflections on lasting themes like Partition, changing trends like alienation, and the lack of gender and caste perspectives in Hindi literature
Caught between a rapidly changing socio-political environment and cultural atrophy, literature in Uttar Pradesh is in limbo
For Y. S. Alone, the idea of Shiva as the God of Dalits and Adivasis is a misnomer, as they neither have any special spaces of worship nor are they part of...
For Ram Manohar Lohia, Shiva was more than a mythical persona, ‘without birth and without end’, compassion incarnate, an ardent lover. Despite being an...
Muslim poets have waxed eloquent not only on Hindu festivals but also on Hindu deities like Shiva, as their poetry is about communal harmony and co-mingling of...
The triumph of Annie Ernaux's writing is that she makes the reader feel less alone in the world
The importance of interpersonal intelligence is clearest around the management of personnel or human resource development. It is, in fact, continuous with...
International Day of Older Persons is an occasion to focus attention on an intergenerational life-cycle approach to ensure healthy and active ageing for future...
PFI came into being in response to violence against Muslims. Political silence on it only helped the fundamentalist outfit grow in coastal Karnataka
There are quite a few landmark judgments which, while not resulting in the expected social transformation, have made a beginning simply by acknowledging the...
Why does our legal morality treat marriage between two people as some social welfare institution in whose continuance society at large has a stake?
