Latest

  • Claustropolis: 1984

    “Claustropolis: 1984” is excerpted from a forthcoming novel. In Bhopal, I could lie low. In Bhopal, there would be instructions for me. Because I had been told not to take the express, I traveled on a local, in an unreserved bogie. The whiskey was Director’s Special, a parting gift from Gupta’s people. I didn’t even…

    Read more

ALL Posts

  • What to tell your doctor about heart disease to give you the best chance

    Real evidence-based information for those who face heart disease Megha Lillywhite Sep 06, 2024 I have recently found out that my father is suffering from coronary artery plaques. This has caused me great distress not merely because I worry for my father, but because I am frustrated with the general lack of competence in mainstream…

  • Waqf Amendment Bill: Concerns Among Muslim Community

    Md. Motiur Rahman Khan | 07 Sep 2024 Parliament should pass an Act like the one for gurudwaras, with provisions for directly elected Waqf bodies, with reservations for women, pasmanda Muslims and other communities who believe in Allah. The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 has sought the opinion of the public on the proposed…

  • One-Way Traffic

    Ferdinand Mount The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World by William Dalrymple.Bloomsbury, 482 pp., £30, September, 978 1 4088 6441 8 The sun​ still sparkles on the sapphire sea at Mamallapuram. The shoppers and sightseers still dawdle along the harbour front, gawping at the astonishing sculptures carved on the rocks behind: the gods and goddesses, bare-breasted and smiling; the lions, water…

  • Throwing sand in the wheels of Israel’s war machine

    No. 33 | Throwing sand in the wheels of Israel’s war machine Dear friend, How can we throw sand in the wheels of Israel’s war machine, which continues to rain death and destruction on the Palestinian people? This question rings in the ears of progressive forces around the world as unspeakable horrors are visited on the…

  • The paradox of nuclear strategy

    The vision of nuclear strategy as a means to prevent war remains a powerful but contested idea in international politics. As global rivalries intensify and nuclear arsenals expand, the risk of conflict seems more pronounced than ever.A photograph of nuclear testing at Pacific Island test sites. Credit: EMU history / Alamy Stock Photo ‘Thus far,…

Search