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the costs of our reliance on antibiotics

India, May 2 -- The discovery of antibiotics dramatically increased human lifespans. Yet today, with antibiotic-resistant superbugs implicated in as many deaths as HIV/AIDS and malaria combined, the l... Read More


The tale of Malayalam cinema's ascendancy

India, April 25 -- For the longest time, Malayalam mainstream cinema rarely found an audience outside Kerala, even as its independent cinema created waves on film festival circuits. Over the past five... Read More


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