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Mullaperiyar: Dam nuisance
A lifeline for Tamil Nadu is now life-threatening in Kerala. K.A. Shaji explores arguments for and against a new dam K.A. Shaji Published: 30 Aug 2026, 4:05 PM Ever heard of Colonel John Pennycuick? You’ll find a statue of him in faraway Surrey — donated by Tamil Nadu. It was the then M.K. Stalin government…
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Christophe Jaffrelot 2 hours ago A recent survey is revealing of a fair degree of anti-Muslim prejudice among Hindus. Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty .Every five years, the Lok Sabha elections offer a window to analyse the representation of the Muslim minority in the parliament of India. From that point of view, the 2024 elections have reconfirmed…
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‘She is living on in many hearts’ – Otto Frank on the legacy of his daughter’s diary | Aeon Videos In this 1976 clip from the long-running BBC children’s show Blue Peter, the UK presenter Valerie Singleton travels to the now-famous Amsterdam house where the teenage Anne Frank hid from Nazi persecution in a secret annex…
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James Surowiecki More than sixty years after his death, Frantz Fanon’s work—with its keen and biting insights into the psychology of racial and colonial oppression and its radical critique of essentialist conceptions of identity—continues to feel startlingly of the moment. And Fanon’s short life, during which he played so many different roles (psychiatrist, revolutionary propagandist, existentialist…
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by Agnes Callard, Becca Rothfeld From “Should Writers Talk?,” a discussion that was held in January at the University of Chicago. agnes callard: One of the reasons you give for why writers shouldn’t talk is that you see writing as being more malleable, because conversation does not allow for revision or retraction. I found that surprising.…
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