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Apr 18, 2018
The Outsiders: Nomadic Bakkarwal tribe in focus after Kathua rape case
Bakkarwals (literally ‘goat people’) are nomadic pastoralists from Jammu and Kashmir. They move to the plains of Jammu in winter, and the high mountains of Kashmir in the summer, making way not just for their flocks of sheep and goat, but also for the entire trekking industry in the state. -
Apr 16, 2018
Wild Hair and Mad Dalit Women
I had just been looking in all the wrong place for answers but as it turns out — Dalit women have always had answers to these questions. Women with loud and vulgar laughter who, like their hair, are mad and untameable — always do. -
Apr 11, 2018
Kashmir's tulips bloom
Spring in Kashmir is a time when life blooms after a harsh winter. And nothing reflects this changing of the seasons better than the valley's tulips. -
Apr 03, 2018
China: A look behind the wall
China is a 'wall-building country': It built the Great Wall to keep enemies away. In recent times, it built its 'firewall' to ban world-conquering companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter. There are numerous such ‘walls’ — real and virtual — all over China, but you rarely get to see them. -
Apr 03, 2018
Dipa Karmakar: The quest continues
Dipa Karmakar and her coach Bishweshwar Nandi discuss processes, mindsets, and Produnova — the Vault of Death — with Firstpost. -
Mar 29, 2018
Last Mashaqwallahs of Mumbai
In conversation with one of Mumbai's mashaqwallahs, practitioners of the ancient — but near extinct — profession of carrying and supplying water -
Mar 26, 2018
Inside Dantewada's Phagun Madai celebrations
The nine-day celebration of this festival in Bastar's Dantewada is marked by the enactment of a story from the Ramayana, among other rituals | #FirstCulture -
Mar 16, 2018
Kashmir's ghost theatres
Once beloved cinema halls lie in shambles in Kashmir, or have been turned into shops and other establishments -
Feb 23, 2018
Living on the edge
By the LOC, the people of Mothul battle fear, uncertainty amid ceasefire violation -
Feb 14, 2018
Howrah Bridge turns 75
The Howrah Bridge, which recently turned 75, changed the skyline of Kolkata and became an iconic symbol of the City of Joy | #FirstCulture
