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Apr 26, 2019
In Varanasi and Kanpur, a polluted Ganga might have a part to play in 2019 poll results
Water, air and soil are all polluted in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state; but no campaigner in this election season talks about it, and voters do only when reminded. -
Apr 24, 2019
The Kolis, one of the oldest fishing communities of Mumbai, face an uncertain future
There is no doubt that this is a critical time for the survival of the Koli fishing community. How it adapts to, and evolves from, both the macro and micro factors affecting it in the dramatically changing environment of today will determine its success going forward. -
Apr 23, 2019
For Indian Muslims, elections bring caste divide among Ashrafs, Pasmandas to the fore
The caste system constitutes the reality of Indian Muslims, as it does of Hindus. The Muslims are broadly divided into the elite upper castes, or the Ashrafs, and the subaltern lower castes, or the Pasmandas. The differences between these two broad categories of castes come to the fore before every election. -
Apr 22, 2019
#Identitty: In Indu Harikumar’s illustrations, women own their sexuality
Indu Harikumar, a Mumbai-based artist and storyteller, has been drawing women’s breasts for about three months now, as part of her crowd-sourced project Identitty, which explores brown women's relationships with their bosoms and bodies. Interestingly, a lot of women that Harikumar has drawn have made reference to the pleasures of being vain. -
Apr 20, 2019
The Sikh: An Occidental Romance — Depictions of the community through a colonial lens
The paintings which are part of the exhibition The Sikh: An Occidental Romance make it evident that this community enjoyed the kind of pageantry that other native Indians did not, during British rule -
Apr 18, 2019
Travelling without Moving with Himali Singh Soin
Ritual Telepathy at the Relic-Chamber by Himali Singh Soin is a slowly unfolding work. Slow like the heart of a blue whale, timing six beats per minute -
Apr 15, 2019
From Baisakhi to Vishu, these traditional foods mark the advent of New Year festivals across India
Baisakhi in Punjab, Poila Boishak in West Bengal, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, Bihu in Assam, Ugadi in Karnataka, Vishu in Kerala, Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra and the Sindhi New Year Cheti Chand— are all an embodiment of the same celebratory spirit when people use fresh produce from the harvest and cook an assortment of dishes. -
Apr 14, 2019
In 'Daani, The Generous One', Krishan Chandar writes of shared hunger — and hope — amid homelessness
Krishan Chandar paints a portrait of a man consumed by insatiable hunger — until he meets a woman with whom he wants to build a life. Though they are brought together by their shared hunger and homelessness, the man Daani loses his moorings after the death of his wife. Read a translation of this Urdu story by Rakhshanda Jalil -
Apr 11, 2019
Via Francigena: Walking the 1,200-year old pilgrim path in Tuscany
Almost forgotten for centuries, the Via Francigena is undergoing a renaissance. -
Apr 11, 2019
Speaking truth to power: Iqra Khilji presents 'Khabees' and 'Haq Paraston Ke Naam'
Iqra Khilji, who shot to fame with her poem Khabees, speaks about what poetry means to her and her literary inspirations
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