Category : Society

Reading Time: 5 minutes Kolkata: The broken tin roof of a two-storey studio rattles precariously in the strong wind, threatening to fall at any moment...

Reading Time: 9 minutes My family always insisted on referring to College Street by its Bengali name, boi para – a neighbourhood of books. Consequently,...

Reading Time: 5 minutes In these turbulent times, death is stalking us. The phone rang. It was Vineet Tiwari from Indore. ‘I have bad news...

Reading Time: 7 minutes The tiger from the Achanakmar forests who once ruled Chhattisgarh is no more. For the better part of the last two...

Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s simple, really: Menstruation is a natural biological phenomenon in a woman’s body. However, conceptions of menstruation and the experiences of...

Reading Time: 6 minutes In his address to the nation announcing the extension of the lockdown on April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had acknowledged...

Reading Time: 19 minutes Originally written in Urdu, this short story is about a sanitation worker and his engagements with the quarantine centre of his...

Reading Time: 5 minutes Guwahati: After a social media outrage over the ‘sacking’ of a pregnant journalist working for a Guwahati-based Prag News, the National...

Reading Time: 7 minutes The attempt to be remembered for posterity is a very human trait. Rulers across ages and civilisations have built monuments and...

Reading Time: 3 minutes New Delhi: Actor and director Nandita Das has released a short film, featuring herself and her son, on the rising cases of...