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Nehru: The Quintessential Democrat
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Nehru: The Quintessential Democrat

Meticulous about attending Parliament and listening silently to attacks on him, Nehru was a model of parliamentary decorum

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5 mins  |
March 11, 2024
A Young Nation's Selfhood
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A Young Nation's Selfhood

Nehru understood that the newly independent nation was the contradictory whole of many contradicting selves

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5 mins  |
March 11, 2024
BANQUO'S GHOST
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BANQUO'S GHOST

This phantom is on the ruling dispensation’s mind. Those who claim to care little for him dissect his loves and hates, day in, day out

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4 mins  |
March 11, 2024
Of Romance And Revolution
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Of Romance And Revolution

Socialists and communists initially created hopes of revolutionising romantic relations, but ended up controlling them

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9 mins  |
February 21, 2024
Who Is Ram Vs Whose Ram?
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Who Is Ram Vs Whose Ram?

Will the quotidian Ram in our mind and body be replaced by the victorious powerful Ram outside in an inert stone house?

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5 mins  |
March 01, 2024
Resistance Redux
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Resistance Redux

Farmers' demand for MSP for all crops, among other assurances, remain unfulfilled

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5 mins  |
March 01, 2024
Weaves of Their Lives
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Weaves of Their Lives

Clothing is inseparably linked to tribal identity. Each tribe has a unique design language. Every embellishment, weave, and motif has a special meaning to the community

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6 mins  |
March 01, 2024
The Adivasi Way
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The Adivasi Way

A lot of effort is on in India and the world to identify the values that form the lifeforce of the tribals and to snuff them out

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5 mins  |
March 01, 2024
'The Events in the Book are Happening Somewhere in the World Right Now'
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'The Events in the Book are Happening Somewhere in the World Right Now'

Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song, which won the Booker Prize 2023, has been routinely called Orwellian or Atwoodesque and is even compared to the film Apocalypse Now.

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March 01, 2024
Electoral Bonds: Shaken and Stirred
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Electoral Bonds: Shaken and Stirred

Publication of donor details following the Supreme Court order striking down electoral bonds may embarrass both the BJP as well as some regional parties

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March 01, 2024
Silencing the Sentinelese
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Silencing the Sentinelese

The Last Island endeavours to navigate the extensive history of the Andaman islanders. However, it lacks rigour

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4 mins  |
March 01, 2024
The Future of Tribalism
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The Future of Tribalism

Irrespective of the quality of education received in cities or in the tribal hinterland, Adivasis must arise and claim the promises of equality, justice, liberty and fraternity encoded in the Constitution to count as citizens rather than samples

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5 mins  |
March 01, 2024
Tribal Turmoil
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Tribal Turmoil

Despite government's renewed outreach, tribals in the Andhra-Telangana region continue to lose their homelands and their grip over their rights

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9 mins  |
March 01, 2024
Status War
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Status War

Nine months of violence have left the once syncretic Manipuri society divided between tribalism, ethnic revivalism and religious majoritarianism

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6 mins  |
March 01, 2024
Culture Conflict
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Culture Conflict

A network of Hindutva organisations is working hard to appropriate and influence tribal reform movements in Northeastern states

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8 mins  |
March 01, 2024
Ladakh Battles for Identity
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Ladakh Battles for Identity

After the abrogation of Article 370. Ladakhi leaders hoped the government would act to protect their tribal identity

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5 mins  |
March 01, 2024
"Jharkhand Jhukega Nahi, Adivasis Will Fight Back"
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"Jharkhand Jhukega Nahi, Adivasis Will Fight Back"

In an exclusive interview with Outlook’s Abhik Bhattacharya and Md Asghar Khan, the newly-appointed chief minister of Jharkhand, Champai Soren, says that the Union government has been trying to attack the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) due to its Adivasi leadership.

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4 mins  |
March 01, 2024
A Contested Future
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A Contested Future

Adivasis have their own customary traditions and enshrined constitutional rights. Yet attempts are being made to not only take away their guaranteed privileges, but also to bring them into the Hindu fold

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March 01, 2024
Cocktails on the Edge of Dystopia
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Cocktails on the Edge of Dystopia

Echoes of the ongoing conflicts and travesties found a way through to some sessions at the Jaipur Literature Festival, but these were few and far between, and seemed muffled

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February 21, 2024
The Female Gaze
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The Female Gaze

Erasure seems to be a constant theme in the works of women artists at the 15th edition of the India Art Fair

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4 mins  |
February 21, 2024
The Grand TATYA
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The Grand TATYA

Raghunath Khanolkar, fondly called \"Tatya\", was a keen amateur photographer. He began with a vintage box camera, moved on to a Roliflex twin-lens, and then to a Pentax SLR camera. From among thousands of negatives found in three briefcases belonging to his friends, family, and famous personalites, a selection of Tatya's photographs are featured here

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5 mins  |
February 21, 2024
As Old as the Hills
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As Old as the Hills

Ladakh's long-standing demand for Sixth Schedule status and statehood has reached a tipping point

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4 mins  |
February 21, 2024
The Masterstroke
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The Masterstroke

The strategy deployed by Hemant Soren to counter the recent high-voltage political drama and crisis in Jharkhand has stumped the BJP

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5 mins  |
February 21, 2024
Other Loves
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Other Loves

Vampires and zombies have no respite. Their search for connection continues for centuries. And then there is unrequited love-an ache that smoulders for a lifetime

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February 21, 2024
BOYFRIEND ON RENT
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BOYFRIEND ON RENT

While navigating the chaotic world of modern dating seems impossible, 'rent-a-boyfriend' and 'dating surrogate' services offer to keep you company-in exchange for a fee

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7 mins  |
February 21, 2024
Up in the Air
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Up in the Air

The film is about today's youngsters and the smartphone - so many apps to chat, to share, to make friends, and yet such lonely lives

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4 mins  |
February 21, 2024
Bargaining for Love
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Bargaining for Love

The story of a sex worker in her mid-20s from Sonagachi, Kolkata

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5 mins  |
February 21, 2024
Autumn Sonata
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Autumn Sonata

Love can come knocking at any age, and the lonely elderly are embracing it wholeheartedly

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7 mins  |
February 21, 2024
Living Will
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Living Will

A will is a love letter. A place of hope. A will is also an archive of longings

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6 mins  |
February 21, 2024
Of Wills and Wishes
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Of Wills and Wishes

I wonder what will become of my beloved books and driftwood art after me. The thought of them being neglected or thrown away gives me jitters; more than the fear of death itself

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February 21, 2024