Short Weekend Reads

Women march with a banner preaching diversity.

Culture & Society

Ms, Mrs, Kumari, Shrimati: Do Prefixes Violate Women's Privacy?

A Close Connect

Books

A Close Connect

BY Abdullah Khan

'This Soldier is Defending India', First World War recruitment poster, The Times Press, Bombay.

Culture & Society

Legends Never Die

BY Vinati Bhargava Mittal

Amir Khusrow teaching his disciples in a miniature from a manuscript of Majlis al-Ushshaq

Culture & Society

India And Persia, In Perfect Symbiosis

BY Akhlaque A ‘ahan’

A scene from The Broken Table

Art & Entertainment

Film Review: The Broken Table

BY Ipshita Mitra

(Clockwise from top right) Screengrabs from Charade and Nueve Reinas; the 2001 Deutsche Post stamp of Audrey Hepburn; screengrabs from Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller, Brewster’s Millions and Barbados Quest

Art & Entertainment

Everybody Loves A Miniature

You take the shorn and torn to a higher rent...

Culture & Society

Poem: Home & Hell

BY Shigorika Singh

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Vivan Sundaram 1943–2023

Art & Entertainment

Artist, Rebel: Remembering Vivan Sundaram

BY Premjish Achari

The Nizam Leaving The Residency, Hyderabad', circa 1900.

Culture & Society

Hyderabad: Of Ace And Andaz

BY Hoihnu Hauzel

Beats of classical rhythm

Culture & Society

Review: The Book of Desire

A television artwork.

Culture & Society

Short Poem: The Family On TV

Rehman Rahi in Kashmir

Culture & Society

Remembering Rehman Rahi, The Literary Genius Of Kashmir

BY Faizaan Bhat

A heartfelt amalgamation of women and their stories...

Culture & Society

Book Review: Where Mayfiles Live Forever

BY Anjali Chauhan

Pandit Nehru, talks to his grandson Rajiv Gandhi.

Culture & Society

'Young Rajiv' - A Diplomat's Diary

BY Aryan D’rozario

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Buddha, the religious teacher

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Buddha And Biryani By Ra Sh

BY Sudeep Ghosh

Never-ending journey of migrant labourers, Artwork: Shambhavi

Culture & Society

Rivers Going Home

BY Durga Prasad Panda

Yamuna, the black river

Culture & Society

Book Review: Black River

BY Nilanjana S Roy

A poster of film Panipat being burnt by the protestors

Culture & Society

Bollywood, Boycott And Nationalism

BY Debasish Mishra

Mohsina Kidwai, author of the book 'My Life in Indian Politics'

Culture & Society

Book Review: An Account Of A Life In Indian Politics

BY Atul K Thakur

A paint brush.

National

Short Fiction: Still Life

BY Ipshita Mitra

Light and shadow

Culture & Society

A Bad Penny Always Turns Up

BY Roopa Swaminathan

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Author writes of the time the eerie silence of hills took her to another time in a mysterious place

Culture & Society

Short Story: Awakening

The platform was largely empty but people kept pouring on the platform slowly...

Culture & Society

On The Station Metro

Deep into the night...

Culture & Society

Book Review -- Dead End: The Minister, The CBI And The Murder That Wasn’t

While the wind rattles your old veins, cheer every quiver...

Culture & Society

Poems Of Gopal Lahiri

BY Gopal Lahiri

The poor, especially in rural areas, matter immensely in understanding democratic politics in India

Culture & Society

The Politics Of The Poor In A Democracy

BY Uday Chandra

My mother frames the centre of the hospital photo – wide-eyed and beaming.

Culture & Society

The Pursuit Of The Future

BY Sonali S. Ghosh

Petro Philately.

Culture & Society

The Joys Of Philately

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Jean-Luc Godard in his young days.

Culture & Society

Jean-Luc Godard: The Man Who Became Immortal... And Then Died

BY Kuldeep Kaur

Love stories

Culture & Society

People pass by the poster of M.F. Hussain put up outside Jahangir Art Gallery during his condolence

Culture & Society

BY Sahana Ahmed

Books in a library (Representative image)

Culture & Society

Book Excerpt: Here And Hereafter: Nirmal Verma’s Life In Literature