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Photo Essay: A Photo Of One's Own

Is taking up space on the camera film the birthright of a child? Is the mother, wife, widow, more so, woman asking to occupy that space selfish?

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Crimes Against Animals: Compassion To Be Inculcated Since Early Years To Prevent Animal Violence

In the last couple of years, there has been an alarming rise in the number of cases where puppies, dogs, and cats were burned alive, thrown from tall buildings, or poisoned en masse by disgruntled individuals, or groups with almost no penal repercussion, notes Mausumi Sucharita.

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On A Predator’s Trail: When A Photojournalist Joined A Wildlife Team Searching For Leopards In Srinagar

Photojournalist Umer Asif recalls the time he was embedded with a team of wildlife officials who were on the trail of elusive leopards in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar. He notes that efforts to capture leopards resembled an encounter site with officials armed with tranquilizer guns and binoculars.

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Queers Are Not On Same Page On Same-Sex Marriages, Entire Community Not Saying Yes To Marriages

The entire transgender and non-binary communities have been left out from the petitions before the courts when they are the ones facing the most atrocities. As they lack most basic amenities, love is the last thing on their mind. Even if one does find love, it is still unknown if the union between a transgender and a cis-gender person will be legally considered a same-sex or a cross-sex marriage.

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Poem: Void By Boudhayan Mukherjee

Poet Boudhayan Mukherjee writes a poem for Outlook.

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Book Review: Kevin Peraino’s ‘A Force So Swift’ Gives Peek Into Birth Of Modern China And Early US Policy Debates

While there were reconciliatory voices in the US administration in 1949 on China, they were based on the hope that the Communist rule will be subverted, notes Kevin Peraino in his book ‘A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949’. However, once it became clear the Communists were there to stay, some in the administration sought Communist containment in Asia, making you wonder whether you are reading about 1949 or 2023.

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Consuming Playful Days Of Childhood

Mir was a driver by profession and would work long hours to feed his family. However, after his death, the family was left to fend for itself. Mir's three daughters and son—all aged between 2 to 10 –had to discontinue their education due to abject poverty.

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Weekender

Outlook Weekender is a space for longform, immersive and offbeat pieces. It will feature fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, book reviews and extracts, interviews, cultural essays, and art photographs. We seek pieces that dive deep to spark interest and ignite the imagination.

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