New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- Gandhi stooping at Dandi to pick up a fistful of salt is one of the most enduring images of dissent India has. The rest of the persona has had a busy afterlife too: the round gl... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- Nearly 75 years after his first hit film (Basu Paribar), and more than 46 years after his death, Uttam Kumar remains one of the biggest cultural phenomena in West Bengal. He was ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- At its best, democracy means being able to speak freely, live with difference, protest without fear and choose your government through credible elections. At the very least, it m... Read More
New Delhi, July 27 -- Six weeks ago, a satirical social media page needled the political class with a joke about cockroaches surviving anything New Delhi could throw at them. By the time it ended, tha... Read More
New Delhi, July 15 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has set off a cascade of concerns over documentation, disenfranchisement, and the legal meaning of citizenship itself. Con... Read More