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How idealising Aurangzeb, Tipu Sultan undermine syncretic, pluralistic culture of Indian subcontinent
Omer Ghazi •Celebrating Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan on the Indian landmass would be akin to eulogising Adolf Hitler in the midst of a Jewish population
Despite Balasore tragedy, trains will continue to make us more human
Advaita Kala •Indian trains remain a tribute to our diverse land, a reminder of the affection and connectedness we all possess but often forget to carry with us
'Rising trend of powerful men seeking gag orders': Read NWMI's statement on muzzling of media in cases of sexual assault, harassment
Nwmi •In the context of rape in particular, the trend of the accused seeking to prevent the media from covering trials presents a unique challenge for media reportage.
Insistence on 'Hinduphobia' as a reality will divert attention from real purveyors of anti-Hindu propaganda
Gautam Sen •The remedy to anti-India and any global anti-Hindu hate propaganda lies within India. India’s authorities need to seize the country’s own narrative back from foreign academies and think-tanks
Revisiting Dombivali Fast, Nishikant Kamat's critically acclaimed film on battling a crooked system
Soham Gadre •In Nishikant Kamat’s Dombivali Fast, middle-class bank employee Madhav Apte slowly erupts from a complacent existence filled with peripheral examples of injustice in nearly every corner of society.
Category Error: In dealing with a pandemic, people find that 'new normal' manifests in myriad ways
Amruta Patil •In 'Category Error', writer-painter Amruta Patil marries news-triggered observation with fiction, history, philosophy, against the backdrop of an Indian high rise.
Category Error: Of a community's small pleasures, Biblical plagues, and lives lived on a fault line
Amruta Patil •In 'Category Error', writer-painter Amruta Patil marries news-triggered observation with fiction, history, philosophy, against the backdrop of an Indian high rise.
Category Error: Three stories of love, longing and loneliness against the backdrop of a lockdown
Amruta Patil •In 'Category Error', writer-painter Amruta Patil marries news-triggered observation with fiction, history, philosophy, against the backdrop of an Indian high rise.
Category Error: Shut in against a pandemic, residents of a high rise complex mull over grief, life, and irony
Amruta Patil •In 'Category Error', writer-painter Amruta Patil marries news-triggered observation with fiction, history, philosophy, against the backdrop of an Indian high rise.
Category Error: In a lockdown, life moves online, as do learning, news reading and friendships
Amruta Patil •In 'Category Error', writer-painter Amruta Patil marries news-triggered observation with fiction, history, philosophy, against the backdrop of an Indian high rise.