New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- In its ongoing dystopian reality, a weekend in which India's capital, New Delhi, was converted into an armed fortress, with nails hammered into roads, internet shutdowns, and for... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- On October 10, Delhi was sealed before the protest began. Dozens of Metro stations were closed or restricted, trains cancelled, and mobile internet suspended in central Delhi. Ja... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Dear Reader, The latest gem thrown up by my relentless trawling of secondhand bookstores is Wayward Women: A Guide to Women Travellers (1990) by Jane Robinson. It is a detailed ... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Tahmima Anam's latest novel is both a warning about the precarious state of the environment and an unflinching look at how women are abused, enslaved, and demeaned, and what happ... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- The year is 1979. Close friends Behzad, Sohrab, and Peyman attend underground leftist meetings, smoke cigarettes together, and fall in love while reckoning with the immediate fal... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- There are multiple ways to arrive at Manikarnika Ghat, the riverfront ground that has for hundreds of years been considered by Hindus to be the most sacred spot for cremating the... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- It is rare for a byelection to send multiple messages to all the political parties contesting it. In that sense, the Dharapuram and Maduranthakam byelections fall into a rare cat... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Delhi became a fortress in the early hours of October 10, with hundreds of protesters detained, 45 metro stations shut down, and a near-total internet blackout in central Delhi, ... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Dear Reader, The country's politics has been on the boil for some time, as the protest season comes back, not only in the national capital but elsewhere. After the student prote... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law. The Prize's press statement described Pillay as a person... Read More