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A window into Punjabi society

India, April 18 -- In percentage terms, Punjab has the highest Dalit population in India (about 30%). Despite this, Punjabi Dalit writing has struggled to find recognition. Initial works on Dalit issu... Read More


honouring an eternal icon of Punjabi literature

India, April 11 -- The poetry of Bullhe Shah (d. 1758) is one of the glories of Punjabi literature. Born in Uch, Punjab, in present-day Pakistan, Bullhe Shah drew profoundly upon Sufi mysticism in his... Read More


on force and freedom

India, April 4 -- Growing up in a small Indonesian town, Sato Reang has a happy childhood playing soccer and watching crickets fight. Until the day he is circumcised and his father declares that he is... Read More


Tales from the Indian zombie tradition

India, March 21 -- Young King Vikramaditya is tasked with transporting a Vetala that hangs from a tree in an abandoned cemetery. Vikramaditya cuts down the corpse, throws it over his shoulder and star... Read More


On the road to Lhasa

India, March 14 -- The year is 1869. Tibet is closed to Europeans, an infuriating obstruction for the rapidly expanding British Empire. In response, Britain begins training Indians, who are permitted ... Read More


living in alignment with one's values

India, March 7 -- Each of us has an innate drive for progress and growth. We feel alive when we channel that drive into meaningful goals. Excellence is not a destination so much as an energising proce... Read More


Comics to fight brain rot

India, Feb. 21 -- In Touching Grass, Sanitary Panels goes beyond viral moments to offer a powerful critique of authoritarianism, the great injustices of the world and the many social ills of our times... Read More


Through known and unknown terrains

India, Jan. 31 -- An Indo-Pak romance withstands years of toxic nationalism, only to unravel in Europe. Jafar, born of that romance, inherits a history over which he has no control. As he grows up in ... Read More


An expansive anthology of Bengali writing

India, Jan. 24 -- The Bengal Reader is an expansive anthology of Bengali writing in translation, presented in one expansive volume. Ranging from the 19th century to the present, it opens up the wealth... Read More