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Jun 22, 2018
Firstpost Poetry Project: Aashna Iyer presents '7 Minutes'
Aashna Iyer says that poetry to her is about making people break their veneer of poise and actually feel things -
Jun 20, 2018
Sri Lanka struggles with north-south divide 9 years after end of civil war
As the South struggles with debt, and the North with the effects of the three-decade-long civil war, reconciliation seems a long way off for Sri Lanka -
Jun 15, 2018
A video game glorifies Bangladesh's Liberation War: But is that all it does?
A video game series — Heroes of 71, and its sequels — based on Bangladesh's war of liberation, has proven to be very popular with the young generation, highlighting patriotic sentiments and the historic past. But is there another side to the story? -
Jun 14, 2018
Kolkata's pollution woes mount with its air, water quality in rapid decline
Much has been said and written about Delhi's pollution woes, but Kolkata is reeling under an onslaught on its air, water and land. Satwik Paul conducts a pollution check across the city, in this photo essay -
Jun 14, 2018
Dalit shahirs of Maharashtra: How Vithhal Umap strove to keep the art form alive
Vitthal Umap almost rescued some of the old genres in the Shahiri tradition and tirelessly performed them to keep them alive -
Jun 09, 2018
Anatomy of a protest: Thoothukudi remains angry 18 days later
The answer to the question 'Why did the anti-Sterlite protest turn violent?' lies in the events that unfolded in Thoothukudi in the preceding two weeks -
Jun 06, 2018
Dalit shahirs of Maharashtra: Wamandada Kardak's anti-caste metaphors
Wamandada Kardak's work as a Dalit shahir was a breakthrough in terms of defining ‘culture’ in a Hindu Brahminical society -
Jun 02, 2018
The anti-Sterlite protest of 22 May: A day of rage and death in Thoothukudi
An illustrated re-telling of the anti-Sterlite rally of May 22 in Thoothukudi, based on conversations with eyewitnesses -
May 29, 2018
Dalit shahirs of Maharashtra: Anna Bhau Sathe's powerful songs
Anna Bhau Sathe voiced the pain of an entire generation of untouchable workers, who migrated from the villages to cities in search of a life of dignity -
May 23, 2018
Dalit shahirs of Maharashtra: Bhimrao Kardak's jalsa against caste
The year was 1937. At Kasarwadi Dadar (in then Bombay), a meeting was held to discuss the upcoming Indian provincial elections. Bhimrao Kardak and his troupe of shahirs were part of this meeting, as was Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
