CATEGORIES

'My Death Should Not be Passing News'

A promising novelist and an engineer, Noor Aldeen Hajjaj, wrote this piece barely one month before he was killed in Israeli bombing on December 3 in Gaza

"No, it Did Not Begin on October 7"

Khaled Abuqare says as an activist, it has been difficult to put the Palestinian perspective on the table because in the initial weeks of the war, the focus was on the Israeli perspective

Steadfast in Exile

A Palestinian lawyer returns to Ramallah only to become an 'internal exile'

Jewish-Muslim Relations: A Journey Through Legends, Time and Faith

Before the 20th century, Jewish history books were replete with accounts of the generosity of Muslim rulers who had granted them religious and social freedoms and saved them from the savageries of the West

Visually Speaking

A clutch of Palestinian films masterfully use the visual motifs of the West Bank barriers and Israeli checkpoints to capture the cruelties of war

"We Want Bread Back into Our Lives"

Hind Khoudary, who is associated with the World Food Programme in Gaza, recounts hard days in the Gaza Strip during and after the brief humanitarian pause

'The Olive Tree Does Not Cry or Laugh'

Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish’s works are seeped in the sights and sounds and sorrows of his beloved homeland. Placed under house arrest in his youth for his political activism and poetry, Mahmoud spent 26 years of his life in exile, between Paris and Beirut. Palestinian cities and villages, lakes and rivers, orange trees and olive groves, garlic and wheat and bread—pivotal symbols of Palestinian culture and history found a place in the poet in exile’s writing. He explored the themes of belonging and displacement, identity and alienation, giving a powerful and passionate voice to the Palestinian struggle. “My homeland is not a suitcase,” he declared. Calling all Palestinians to resist occupation and colonisation, he wrote, “This land promises wheat and stars…We are its wound, but a wound that fights.”

"Who Will be Killed Next?"

Palestinian doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish lost three of his daughters when Israel bombed his house in Gaza. He is now a voice for peace and freedom

"No Help Was In Sight"

Zak used to work in a mall close to Al Shati refugee camp before he and his family fled to escape Israeli attacks

"My Daughters are Frightened"

Nour Harazeen, a journalist, left Gaza along with her family a few weeks ago. Her five-year-old twin daughters are bewildered by the devastation they see all around

"Why Do They Bomb Us?"

Four-year-old Salma often wakes up late at night crying violently. She stares at the smoke of the bombing until it fades away and asks. \"People died?\"

"The Sky Seems to be Weeping"

Haya Abu Nasser, a human rights activist and writer from Gaza, was slated to depart for Malaysia on October 17 to study international relations. These days, she is yearning for a cup of coffee and the routine melody of life

CAPTURING War-torn Gaza

Representing and reporting the truth about the atrocities in Gaza could have been a redemptive moment for photojournalism

The Dream of Peace

Iranian-French photographer Manoocher Deghati arrives in Palestine in 1994 to capture key moments such as the return of PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat. In Eyewitnessed, Ursula Janssen chronicles Deghati's perilious journey

The 'Inner Monastery'

Author, scholar and thinker Hussein Barghouthi, diagnosed with lymphoma, returns to his childhood countryside near Ramallah in Palestine after thirty years in 'exile'. Among the Almond Trees is a poignant, lyrical, philosophical reflection on life and death, art and politics, love and hope. This excerpt is about a monastery atop a mountain he used to visit as a child.

"We are the Living Dead of Gaza"

Every day since October 7, Zainab AI Ghonaimy has woken up in her home in the besieged Gaza City and the first thing she has done is check her Internet connection. It has become an essential means of survival for Zainab, who has been using it to broadcast her daily journal to the world.

A Rose Shoulders Up

Don't ever be surprised to see a rose shoulder up among the ruins of the house: This is how we survived.

Challenge Of The Virtual

Colour brought us closer to lived physical 'meatspace' reality, but virtual production can very easily take us away from it

RECOVERY Diary

Of Sickness and Health|A Foreign Country|The Possibility of Healing

Poetic Faith

The realness of the house on screen

The Narrowing Window

While the climate change conference marks the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era, India will have to urgently find ways to move away from coal. Securing finance for new projects is going to be a big challenge

Realty Overview of 2023

India's real estate sector has shown remarkable resilience in the past year, showcasing the adaptability across various segments with residential, especially luxurious and premium housing, leading the way.

Ladakh Wants MORE

While the Union Territory has welcomed the abrogation of Article 370, it is demanding Sixth Schedule status and full statehood

Parallel Parking in Downtown Srinagar

\"Kashmir was constitutionally up for grabs. 'Buy the exotic Kashmiri land' and 'marry the apple-cheeked Kashmiri women' was the refurbished two-point policy of settling in Kashmir\"

A Constitutional BACKSLIDING?

The judgement of the Supreme Court in the Article 370 case heralds an disconnect between ever-increasing constitutional law and constitutional reality in post-colonial India

IAS Sachin Kurve Unveils Uttarakhand's Sustainable Tourism Roadmap

Shri Sachin Kurve, the Secretary of Tourism and CEO of Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board, discusses Uttarakhand's focus on sustainable tourism, adventure initiatives, and community involvement to preserve nature and culture

A Subliminal LOSS

Over the last decade, the filmmaking and film-watching cultures have transitioned from celluloid to digital. The new tech has provided us several gains, but shouldn't we also pause to consider what we've lost?

HOMO TECHNOLOGICUS

Cinema and technology, a besotted couple across the arc of industrial modernity, is headed for a split

Foreign Exchange

Virtual production technology eliminates the need for Bollywood filmmakers to travel abroad. But what do foreign locations really mean, socially and politically?

Immersive & INTERACTIVE

Much like how cinema changed the lives of people in the previous generation, video games are doing the same for the current generation