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

  • Book Shook | ‘Nehru Needs No Defence’: Aditya Mukherjee

    Seema Chishti 12 hours ago 5 min read “Nehru’s shadow still stands tall in 2024, 60 years after his death,” Mukherjee says. Historian Aditya Mukherjee writes about the architect of modern India, in his latest book, Nehru’s India, Past Present and Future, and how his shadow still stands tall in 2024, 60 years after his death. He…

  • The Turkish Left’s love for Assad Anti-imperialists have only empowered Erdoğan

    The Turkish Left have engaged in a dangerous love affair with Assad. Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images AssadErdoganPoliticsrestofworldSyriaTurkey   Kaya Genç December 18, 2024   5 mins Bashar al-Assad, who ruled Syria with an iron fist for 24 years before getting his comeuppance, received silent support from one of the unlikeliest places during his dictatorial rule. Numerous groups…

  • Sudipto Mondal, the host of What’s Your Ism,

    Hello Thiruvengadam, I’ve known Sudipto Mondal, the host of What’s Your Ism, for 12 years. From covering crime for The Hindu to writing deep, reflective pieces for Hindustan Times and Al Jazeera, Sudipto’s career trajectory has been anything but ordinary. And peculiar too. Why do I say that? Because his journey, I believe, has been shaped by the world around him—particularly by…

  • விடுதலைத் தேசியச் சிந்தனை முறைமையில் பேராசிரியர் க. கைலாசபதி – பகுதி 1 

    December 18, 2024 | Ezhuna நடேசன் இரவீந்திரன் பேராசிரியர் க. கைலாசபதி (1933-1982) தனது நாற்பத்தொன்பதாம் வயதில் இவ்வுலகச் செயற்பாட்டில் இருந்து விடைபெற்ற போது எமது நாடு ஒரு நிலைமாறு கட்டத்தை அனுபவிக்கத் தொடங்கியிருந்தது. முன்னதாகச் சுயசார்புப் பொருளாதாரத்தை முன்னெடுத்து வந்த மூன்றாம் உலக நாடுகளில் ஒன்றாக அடையாளப்படுத்தியிருந்த எமது நாடு, ஏனையவை போலவே, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி 1977 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஆட்சி பீடம் ஏறியது முதலாக, திறந்த பொருளாதாரக் கொள்கையை அனுமதிக்கும் மாற்றத்துக்கு…

  • The Joy of Writing

    By: Wisława Szymborska Poetic Outlaws Dec 15, 2024 Subscribe Why does this written doe bound through these written woods? For a drink of written water from a spring whose surface will xerox her soft muzzle? Why does she lift her head; does she hear something? Perched on four slim legs borrowed from the truth, she…

Search