During the pandemic, I took to spending hours on the terrace under the shade of the Tabebuia tree, reading, watering plants, and listening to short stories by women.

Banarasi’s ‘Ardhakathanak’ is one of its kind for its times – delightfully authentic, checkered, and self-revelatory.

As India’s men migrate in the millions, ‘left-behind women’ keep India’s rural farm sector running. But they have no liberty, land rights or even the acknowledgement that they are employed. The story...

In order to address the reasons for Karachi's flooding, its complexities must first be understood.

The wonder of dragonflies and the crucial role they play in preserving life on the planet, beyond the delicate beauty of their wings and bodies.

A ground report on how the hub of Mumbai’s informal economy worth an estimated $1 billion has come to a halt.The garment market has been shut. It’s the same story for other businesses—from leather...

Amarnath Sandipamu In 1991, Chiranjeevi acted in a film called Gang Leader. The summer release was a box office sensation in Telugu cinema. Within a year, it got remade in Hindi as Aaj ka Goonda...

Bhanu Athaiya had trained as a painter and had once shown alongside the members of the Progressive Artists' Group (PAG). She was the sole woman artist affiliated with the group.

We are not of the race of the immortals, we will all die, and the pandemic is a timely reminder to tidy up our lives, to live them on our own terms

In several states, prison manuals still dictate that labour within the prison should be assigned on the basis of caste.

For decades, the company has done business by reaching out to local interest groups. But it often forgot local communities.

Migrant labourer Mahesh Jena pedalled 1,700km across India over seven days to reach home. His biggest challenge: Keeping the wheels moving.

As relations between India and China turn tense after the Galwan Valley stand-off, and the coronavirus pandemic fuels an anti-China sentiment, the Chinese-Indian community is caught in the cross fire

A giant feast took place in the heart of Mumbai amid a national lockdown. One of India's top ice-cream makers had given away 26 tonnes of their best product for free. But, those consuming the...

Where does blood fry fit into a mapping of food in India? | Vinay Kumar

The story of three men united by their fever-pitch resentment towards Rhea Chakraborty, and their anger and grief at the death of a Bollywood star.

The Indian Army continues the colonial practice of making jawans perform menial tasks for officers. Those who speak out against it face harassment and violence.

Turn so sharp it could cut through your psyche

The Bengali films Tasher Ghawr and The Lovely Mrs Mukherjee show the domestic servitude written into subcontinental marriages  Some days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi locked us down on 25…

Divya Malhari describes her experience of teaching a class full of people about how Ambedkar fought for something so basic at a time when inhumanity was normalized.

On Rangeela's 25th anniversary, here are as many reasons to love the film that made Urmila Matondkar a star, brought AR Rahman to Bollywood and captured the post-liberalization zeitgeist

The nationwide Covid-19 lockdown that started on March 25 has triggered distress for millions of ordinary Indians – stranded migrant workers, farmers, sugarcane cutters, Adivasis, Dalits, sanitation...

With a lot of stigma and hostility disrupting several Covid-19 funerals, in Tamil Nadu a voluntary group has helped hundreds of families conduct the rites regardless of religion or caste

India’s National Investigative Agency describes her as the shadowy leader of the banned Maoist party, smuggling arms, planting booby traps and guiding strategy on armed operations. That contrasts...

All these writers offer, in the means of murder and detection, as well as in their choice of periods and politics, a murkier view of reality.