CATEGORIES

In Favour Of Unlearning

A growing awareness among students and faculties about the importance of liberal arts is a positive trend

Nectar in a Sieve

After the ban on alcohol in Bihar, traditional toddy tappers have been rendered jobless

Portrait of a Model

A prose poem inspired by a painting bearing the same title, by Jamil Ahmad Khan, an artist from Ahmedabad.

Democratising Museums

Bihar Museum is an opportunity for opening up of the museum space in ways never done before in India

The Bright Side of Insha's Life

Insha Mushtaq was blinded by pellets in Kashmir in 2016. It has taken a long and arduous journey for her to educate herself through Braille

Close Encounters

Modi's US state visit has been a win-win for India, with New Delhi giving little away

The Fury of the Sun

The disparity in official and unofficial numbers is making it difficult to tackle heat stroke-related deaths in Bihar

Heat and Apathy

Heat wave-related deaths are not registered with any central or state disaster management agency and there is therefore no provision for compensation

Epic Disaster

A 600 cr budget and sizeable political backing could not save Adipurush at the box office

Changing Hiring Landscape

The employee-employer interface is no longer to walk-in restricted interviews and placement cells

The Southern Preference

Why are students obsessed with the science stream and why do most of them come from the southern states?

The Artistic Alchemy

Unleashing the transformative potential of professional education

The Easy 'A'

Humanities can flourish only when democratic values thrive in society, the spirit of questioning encouraged and liberalism enjoys legitimacy

Crafting An Education

For crafts to be seen as a knowledge system and professional skill rather than a hobby, school curriculums must include them from a young age

Why Liberal Arts?

A liberal arts education forces students to be thrown out of their familiar corners and confront multiple viewpoints.

Power of Literature

In a world faced with loneliness, profits and othering, literature helps us to connect, to empathise and to have compassion

A Long Battle Ahead

The wrestlers' pursuit of justice has so far been heroic, but their fight will clearly not end with Singh's arrest

Celebrating Chattisgarh

The state of Chattisgarh is in celebratory mode celebrating its own history, culture, people and achievements.

Wrestlers Vs Brij Bhushan

As protesting wrestlers hope for justice to prevail, there is anger among various sections of society about why a protest of this nature should drag for so long

Sport, Sex And Gender

The gendered and sexualised dynamics within sport has dire consequences for its female athletes

Diary

Dutee Chand is an Indian sprinter and current national champion of the women's 100m event

It Takes a Hundred Years to Love

This creative non-fiction essay is about creating memories throughout our lives so that after we die, it becomes less heavy, difficult and empty for the ones whom we are leaving behind. Filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh has written a very simple, beautiful and profound line in the screenplay of the film Memories in March in which he has acted too). He said: If have to go away, can leave a bit of me with you?” This short essay centres around creating memories, many of them

Archiving Loving Memories

Two senior photographers-Prashant Nadkar and Mahendra Parikh-passed away recently. Their memories and archives are never going to die

A Museum of Memories

Since their inception, museums have acted as the guardians of history and antiquity. But can a museum be more than just a repository of artefacts?

In The Shadow of Mann Ki Baat

Artists of global acclaim put together an exhibition to celebrate 100 episodes of a government-run radio show

"It is the Players' Movement"

Dressed in all-white and a saffron headscarf, Rakesh Tikait sits against large photographs of Chaudhary Charan Singh, Mahendra Singh Tikait, Babasaheb Ambedkar, Sardar Patel, and a farmer's plough. There is a collage resting on a corner table. There are photographs of Uttar Pradesh's revolutionary kisan movement from 1986-1989, helmed by the \"kisan messiah\" Mahendra Singh Tikait. The office traces Bharatiya Kisan Union's (BKU) rich history of protests and the participation of farmers and women in popular movements.

It's Time to Reflect...

What does the wrestlers’ protest tell us about the reality of violence against women in India?

A Story From Sakshi's Village

Young pehelwans in Mokhra village are disappointed at the way their poster girl Sakshi Malik and the other wrestlers are being treated

It Is Time To Speak Up

Sexual harassment and gender bias continue to exist in Indian sport

In a Culture of Fear

Human interest stories are important when tragedy strikes