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"Jharkhand Jhukega Nahi, Adivasis Will Fight Back"

In an exclusive interview with Outlook’s Abhik Bhattacharya and Md Asghar Khan, the newly-appointed chief minister of Jharkhand, Champai Soren, says that the Union government has been trying to attack the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) due to its Adivasi leadership.

A Contested Future

Adivasis have their own customary traditions and enshrined constitutional rights. Yet attempts are being made to not only take away their guaranteed privileges, but also to bring them into the Hindu fold

Cocktails on the Edge of Dystopia

Echoes of the ongoing conflicts and travesties found a way through to some sessions at the Jaipur Literature Festival, but these were few and far between, and seemed muffled

The Female Gaze

Erasure seems to be a constant theme in the works of women artists at the 15th edition of the India Art Fair

The Grand TATYA

Raghunath Khanolkar, fondly called \"Tatya\", was a keen amateur photographer. He began with a vintage box camera, moved on to a Roliflex twin-lens, and then to a Pentax SLR camera. From among thousands of negatives found in three briefcases belonging to his friends, family, and famous personalites, a selection of Tatya's photographs are featured here

As Old as the Hills

Ladakh's long-standing demand for Sixth Schedule status and statehood has reached a tipping point

The Masterstroke

The strategy deployed by Hemant Soren to counter the recent high-voltage political drama and crisis in Jharkhand has stumped the BJP

Other Loves

Vampires and zombies have no respite. Their search for connection continues for centuries. And then there is unrequited love-an ache that smoulders for a lifetime

BOYFRIEND ON RENT

While navigating the chaotic world of modern dating seems impossible, 'rent-a-boyfriend' and 'dating surrogate' services offer to keep you company-in exchange for a fee

Up in the Air

The film is about today's youngsters and the smartphone - so many apps to chat, to share, to make friends, and yet such lonely lives

Bargaining for Love

The story of a sex worker in her mid-20s from Sonagachi, Kolkata

Autumn Sonata

Love can come knocking at any age, and the lonely elderly are embracing it wholeheartedly

Living Will

A will is a love letter. A place of hope. A will is also an archive of longings

Of Wills and Wishes

I wonder what will become of my beloved books and driftwood art after me. The thought of them being neglected or thrown away gives me jitters; more than the fear of death itself

Songs of Love and Longing

The Tirukkur-al., the highly regarded 2000-year-old text composed by the Tamil poet Tiruval.l.uvar, has three parts. Each kural in the book has two lines: the first consists of four feet, and the second, three. Meena Kandasamy’s feminist translation of the third part of the Tirukkur-al. carries powerful messages about female sexuality, agency and desire

"Forgetting is Good for You"

In Raimundas' Paper Exhibition, objects and speakers are freed of conventional roles and given room to reimagine the world

Right-Swiping Caste

Dating apps mirror real life where the caste of a person becomes a deciding factor in finding the right match

The Journey of Finding Joy

I didn't create an idealised image in my mind, but allowed impressions to unfold naturally

Virtually Vulnerable

Navigating concepts of personal safety, consent and privacy in the realm of virtual reality dating

Scorching Sacred Love

Bhakti is not bedtime prayer in some safe enclave of the heart. Love of the divine isn't ornamental. It certainly isn't tame. And it most definitely isn't for the faint of heart

A 'Modi-Fied' Reality

The Prime Minister has managed to ace the image game by being all-pervasive, and, at the same time, being an elusive political persona

Superficial Ways of Being Secular

Modernity opened up a secular sphere where religion could no longer simply remain religion. It has transformed religion for the better and worse

Past Triggers Set To Charge The Future

As India continues its voyage towards net zero, positive developments of the last year will gather pace and strengthen the foundations of a clean energy ecosystem powered by renewables

Bisleri Drives Sustainability with Water Conservation and Plastic Recycling Initiatives

In its pursuit of sustainability, Bisleri takes bold strides in water conservation and plastic recycling with impactful initiatives such as Bottles for Change and Project Nayi Umeed that define the brand's commitment to a greener world

Time To Step on The Gas

It is an imperative to bring parity between Compressed Biogas (CBG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) prices to promote CBG as an alternative fuel in the interest of the gas-based economy

Climate Action Set To Weather Volatile Times

Even as climate action weathers potentially disruptive uncertainties, including wars, geopolitical tensions, and elections in the world's biggest democracies, the global sustainability agenda promises to stay on track through 2024

India Inc. Gears Up For Climate Action

As sustainability gathers momentum, corporates in India are embedding climate action in operations, focussing on crucial touch-points like green energy and geospatial technology

The Last Days of Ayodhya

In the first half of January, I spent a few days in Ayodhya. I wanted to experience the city for myself, and to think about what it meant to be an Indian and a Hindu (or, as seems to be the changing paradigm in our times, a Hindu and an Indian) in the weeks leading up to an event, which over the last four decades has become central to our political discourse. I also wanted to spend a few days immersed in the Ramasphere-that religious culture, mainly in north India, steeped in the language and lore and preeminence of Ram-to understand how it was changing in the light of the new Ram Mandir; whether it was becoming deeper or more superficial, whether Hinduism itself is morphing into something new and more centralised under the influence of a Ram whom we are told was returning to his people for a second time in history.

The Question of Democracy

At this crucial time, the weaknesses of India's liberal democracy need to be urgently addressed and corrected

How the BJP is Consolidating Voters

Though the Bharat Ratna to Karpoori Thakur may have come close to the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has been trying to own Thakur for quite some time