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A game of extraction

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- A plan hatched by Gianni Infantino, the president of football's not-for-profit global platform FIFA, to "steal the game" rather than run with the ball has failed. The plan was to ... Read More


The other ethanol crisis

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- As protesters left Jantar Mantar Road in New Delhi after weeks of demonstrations, many among the Gen Z crowd taunted the on-duty police, promising to return soon-this time to dema... Read More


A counter culture is born

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- In the dark times, will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times. FromMotto, Bertolt Brecht, 1939. "Police uncle, police uncle, vasteguna hui... Read More


The Great Nicobar coral heist

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Two scientific bodies under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)-the Kolkata-based Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and the Chennai-based National Centr... Read More


The triumph of labour

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Hans Ulrich Obrist, whom The Guardian once described as a curator who never sleeps, explained the task of a curator in accessible language: "It [curation] means to preserve, in th... Read More


Iltija Mufti booked for 'assault' on cop as PDP marks Article 370 anniversary

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered a case against Iltija Mufti, daughter of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, for allegedly assaulting and biting a police officer during... Read More


Breathing new life into labour

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Hans Ulrich Obrist, whom The Guardian once described as a curator who never sleeps, explained the task of a curator in accessible language: "It [curation] means to preserve, in th... Read More


A second life for Left, Congress

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- With the Trinamool Congress, which ruled West Bengal for the past 15 years, continuing to implode following its defeat in the recent Assembly election, the Left Front and the Cong... Read More


Virtue cult to whatpurpose?

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- If we trace the arc of Indian politics over the last couple of decades, there is a playbook that emerges. What voters want, particularly the urban middle class, it appears, is a k... Read More


The parodic public

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Entering the neighbourhood of Shivaji Park in Mumbai, where the Gen Z protest was shaping up, I was almost whacked across my face. It was entirely by mistake. A young boy filming ... Read More