The controversial filmmaker on Deshlai, his new film about a Bangladeshi TikToker; the Bengali cult of the dada; returning to Kolkata after a decade in Goa; and many mentionables and unmentionables.
The controversy over Supreme Court Justice Satish Chandra Sharma’s non-recusal from hearing certain cases revives questions on judicial disclosure and institutional conflict-checking mechanisms.
Amendments seeking references to Articles 370 and 35A were withdrawn before the vote, disappointing some legislators of the People’s Democratic Party and the ruling National Conference.
They were acquitted in 2025 after the Bombay High Court found evidence of torture and fabrication. A year later, they are struggling to rebuild families, careers, and lives lost to a case that also claimed years they can never recover.
The strides India has made in electronic warfare infrastructure often don’t get the recognition they deserve. But the system is currently more capable of countering adversary drones than protecting its own, and therein lies a problem.
Sold as a path to equality, the Uniform Civil Code lets parents will property away from daughters, and leaves Hindu and Muslim women more vulnerable to disinheritance.
While countries such as Russia, Iran, and China have policies governing people with links to foreign nations who seek or hold high public office, India has no such policies, and that is troubling.
The gangster franchise gives women agency and moral complexity, yet still views them through male power and voyeurism. They can survive and manipulate a man’s world but not rule it; their sexuality and suffering become entertainment.
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in 98 forest hamlets in Tamil Nadu’s Meghamalai hills following the Supreme Court’s eviction order against “encroachers” in a bid to protect the fragile ecology of the Srivilliputhur-Meghamalai Tiger Reserve.
India’s dependence on imported LPG and years of poor preparation have left household kitchens exposed to a deepening gas crisis. Now, mandatory Aadhaar authentication adds another hurdle for families trying to buy subsidised cylinders.
The story is weighed down by the narrator’s moralising voice, which makes the book more like a didactic tale for children than a graphic novel for adults.
Kumar argues that a third consecutive BJP victory under Yogi Adityanath would be difficult but not unprecedented, while the SP faces a significant setback if it loses again.
The newly inaugurated Museum of Word in Kolkata opens up the scope and range of how we think about the word, about language, and their role in society and human civilisation.
The State’s 3.38-crore-strong electorate has been cut down to 2.65 crore. Even among those in the draft roll, 35 per cent have been flagged for “logical discrepancy”, raising serious questions about the process’s motive and fairness.
Originally published in 1990, Jean Said Makdisi’s Beirut Fragments asks a question that remains painfully relevant: what happens when political violence becomes part of ordinary life?
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