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Diary

Diary: A Woman Branded A Witch Fights Back

The struggle of a woman against the victimisation involved in being called a witch

01 March 2023

Diary: The Capital Name Game

Musings on how countries named their capitals

10 December 2022

Passionate about sport: Children playing football on the banks of the Brahmaputra, Guwahati

Sports Diary: Where Sports Is An Identity

India’s golden sprinter Hima Das reminisces about her growing up in Dhing, a small nondescript village in Assam, and says as a sportsperson she never feels she is seen differently because of her northeastern identity

03 November 2022

Principled Resolve

Diary: A War Against Drugs

A young police officer in Manipur who took voluntary retirement in protest, discusses her journey fighting the war on drugs in the northeastern state.

28 January 2023

Yatra Diary: A Ringside View Of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’

Film actor Sushant Singh recounts his day-long march with Rahul Gandhi in Nanded and how he was impressed by the vision and scale of the yatra in a climate of hate and bigotry

18 November 2022

Diary: My Grandfather And Me

A young girl finds that her grandfather, even after his death, continues to teach her

29 October 2022

Iceland Diary: A Land Of Ice And Fire

A connoisseur of adventure relates her experiences of touring Iceland

24 December 2022

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Between Memory And Delusions: The Poetics And Politics Of Autofiction

In the space between what we say and what we leave out rests the intentions and deceptions of a literary text

28 October 2022

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08 October 2022
Ramayana Diary: Days Of Bonhomie

Ramayana Diary: Days Of Bonhomie

Recollections of a childhood in the shadow of Ram


30 September 2022
Writer's Diary: Walking Down The Memory Lane

Writer's Diary: Walking Down The Memory Lane

A civil servant and author provides glimpse of his warm memories from his days in Cambridge to his travels through Maharashtra


16 September 2022
Nomad’s Diary: An IAS Officer Tries To Find The Meaning Of Home

Nomad’s Diary: An IAS Officer Tries To Find The Meaning Of Home

At times I feel sad and uprooted. But more often than not, I feel liberated, knowing well that I am not tied to any one place like my mother is.


09 September 2022
Equine Diary: A Horse For Every Course

Equine Diary: A Horse For Every Course

Vishavjeet Chaudhary, a barrister-at-law (Inner Temple), master of laws (Cambridge), writes about how he fell off a mare and then fell in love with horses


02 September 2022
Biographer's Diary: Akshaya Mukul On Writing Biography Of Famous Hindi Novelist Agyeya

Biographer's Diary: Akshaya Mukul On Writing Biography Of Famous Hindi Novelist Agyeya

'I often faced two nagging questions. Why have I written a Hindi writer’s life in English and why about his love life? Why not, is how I often counter. Why...


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26 August 2022
Bihar Diary: Priti Jha's Fight Against TB In Rural Bihar

Bihar Diary: Priti Jha's Fight Against TB In Rural Bihar

One woman and how she raises awareness about TB while working as a Jeevika Didi with a Bihar government-backed women’s self-help group and organises camps in...


30 July 2022
Diary: Friendship At A Mouseclick

Diary: Friendship At A Mouseclick

Now, all it takes to become a ‘friend’ is the click of a mouse. After this act, as if by magic, you have unlimited access to each other’s lives.


15 July 2022
Artist's Diary: Art Is A Process, A Journey And A Blessing

Artist's Diary: Art Is A Process, A Journey And A Blessing

Mumbai-based artist Manish Nai whose works have been exhibited worldwide says, 'I don't think of any message that art might convey. Any message the onlooker...


24 June 2022
Dutch Diary: A Gypsy At Heart Recalls Her Travels Through Leiden

Dutch Diary: A Gypsy At Heart Recalls Her Travels Through Leiden

If Leiden is a city with a rich cultural heritage, then, having been born and educated in the city—Rembrandt is undoubtedly its most famous bequest to the...


17 June 2022
Goa Diary: Believe It Or Not, I Am Goan

Goa Diary: Believe It Or Not, I Am Goan

Three of my grandparents were Goans and Catholic by religious orientation. That is often the long-winded explanation I have to offer in order to justify my...


06 May 2022
Language Diary | An Ethnologist's View On Dying Andamanese Languages

Language Diary | An Ethnologist's View On Dying Andamanese Languages

How does it feel to be the last speaker of a language? Or to witness a situation where the person talking to you is the very last speaker of her mother tongue?


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11 April 2022
Ghost Diary: Birth Of The Ghoul

Ghost Diary: Birth Of The Ghoul

A Delhite recalls stories of djinns, haunted havelis, ghosts and mouthwatering street food that made up his childhood in the capital city.


11 February 2022
Artists' Diary: Partners In Art

Artists' Diary: Partners In Art

Into the world of Moonis and Baaraan Ijlal


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