New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Ajay Kamalakaran'sColombo: Port of Callis a charming collage of historical figures plomping themselves in the Lankan beach capital. Structured as a straightforward collection of ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- A historian once remarked that historical facts are like pieces of fish and the function of a historian is to connect them to make a meaningful whole. However, the events of the ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- An old saying, "an empty vessel makes the most sound," came back to me once again while listening to Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), address the yo... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The thread of the BJP's hubris runs from Jantar Mantar to Bankipur. The last few weeks must count among the most unsettling the BJP has faced since it stormed to power in Delhi 1... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- On July 20, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) gave a "Sansad Chalo" call to people across Delhi, exhorting them to march to Parliament. At that time, the CJP, along with other stud... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- I saw a video on Instagram, the lingua franca and driving engine of the Gen Z protests, where a bunch of influencers were talking of "how the protest zone does not look like Indi... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- Arvind Rajagopal is professor of media studies at New York University, with affiliated faculty appointments in sociology and social and cultural analysis. His books include Polit... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) started as a joke and very quickly went on to helm a Gen Z protest that shook the establishment. It achieved the unthinkable when Dharmendra Pradh... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protest, which was called off after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on July 25, unleashed a reservoir of anger building up for ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- STUDENT PROTESTS The pressure created by student protests triggered by the paper leaks in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) forced the resignation of the Union Edu... Read More