Hindi Horror Comics: The Vitality of Evil

• Books
• By Aditi Sen

From malicious mendicants to rats that rob dead bodies, Hindi horror comics are the perfect ghastly mix of

Read More

Is a Return to Socialism a Worthy Option?

• Books
• By Siddharth Singh

Free spirit

Read More

Lust for Life

• Books
• By Rohit Chakraborty

A first-hand perspective of Bengal’s prison systems

Read More

Total Dhamaal Movie Review

• Cinema
• By Ajit Duara

The movie is a lightweight project, with a few heavyweight actors, that takes off in fits and starts

Read More

Amar Nath Sehgal: The Lightness of Bronze

• Art & Culture
• By Avantika Bhuyan

A new museum commemorates the life and works of Amar Nath Sehgal

Read More

Epic Shift

• Books
• By Chatura Rao

A female retelling of the Mahabharata

Read More

Mirza Waheed: The Writer of Small Things

• Books
• By Nandini Nair

Mirza Waheed in his new novel excavates the grey area between complicity and consent while exploring the ba

Read More

Masculine Feminine

• Books
• By Gillian Wright

An investigation of how modern male writers depict women in short stories

Read More

The Day of the Outsider

• Books
• By CP Rajendran

A deeply human account of decoding the ribosome

Read More

Gully Boy Movie Review

• Cinema
• By Ajit Duara

A refreshingly different film on a subject not normally trodden by mainstream cinema

Read More

Saga of Strife

• Books
• By Fehmida Zakeer

The slow but steady transformation of the East India Company from a trading entity to a ruling body in Indi

Read More

Tangle of Causes

• Books
• By Adil Bhat

An empathetic account of the history of conflict in Kashmir

Read More

Migrant Nation

• Books
• By Madhavankutty Pillai

Tony Joseph wades through genetics, archaeology and linguistics to present a picture of the people who shap

Read More

Markus Zusak: The Story so Far

• Books
• By Bhavya Dore

Australian author Markus Zusak tells Bhavya Dore about the aftermath of a bestseller success and the joys o

Read More

Perumal Murugan: Down to Earth

• Books
• By Chandrahas Choudhury

Tamil author Perumal Murugan makes his readers partners in the life of the peasant and the possibilities of

Read More

Cold Pursuit

• Cinema
• By Ajit Duara

The film is disappointing, and Liam Neeson has made an unwise call by acting in it

Read More

Alita: Battle Angel

• Cinema
• By Ajit Duara

The ending of the film is sudden, and has a ‘to-be-completed’ television plot style, something most unexpec

Read More

Where the Mind Is Without Fear

• Books
• By Kapka Kassabova

To be a witness, if not a channel for others’ voices

Read More

‘I like poetry because I can write about the essence of things,’ says Ali Cobby Eckermann

• Books
• By Tishani Doshi

Aboriginal poet and author Ali Cobby Eckermann records the importance of ritual and recognition

Read More

Spectral Symmetry

• Books
• By Urvashi Bahuguna

A poet in his liminal world

Read More