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Spice Girls
In the once nondescript villages of Wayanad, cricket is no longer just a sport. It has become a way to dream and to rise above the limits of geography, poverty and custom
6 min |
February 11, 2026
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I Was at the Elsewhere Party
Excerpt from an unpublished manuscript, The Speculative City: A History of the Future
6 min |
February 11, 2026
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Barmer Bradman
Almost three years after she first shot to viral fame, Mumal Meher has fallen out of the spotlight. The talented cricketer keeps practising, hoping to find sustained backing for her sporting journey
5 min |
February 11, 2026
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Tearaway Teens
Torn shoes with exposed soles, borrowed kits and almost no financial backing ... in many suburbs of West Bengal, cricket pitches silently bear witness to stories written by girls from humble backgrounds
7 min |
February 11, 2026
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Power Shift
THE untimely death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has the potential to tweak a political order in the state that had learned to accommodate his presence; on either side of the ideological fence.
3 min |
February 11, 2026
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Mona Supreme
Mona Meshram rose from anonymity to attention, excelling at cricket and also balancing employment with an elite sport
5 min |
February 11, 2026
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Curfew-Free Dreams
Jasia Akhtar's journey from a small village in Shopian to the Women's Premier League is what dreams are made of, especially those that are threatened and throttled, particularly in underrepresented areas
5 min |
February 11, 2026
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Green Shoots of Siliguri
LANDING in Siliguri, the busy northern Bengal town, one might find cutouts and hoardings of a sportsperson drawing special attention among those of politicians.
1 min |
February 11, 2026
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Haryana Hurricane
Twenty-year-old Kashvee Gautam became the most expensive player at the Women's Premier League auction in 2023, picked by Gujarat Giants for Rs 2 crore.
5 min |
February 11, 2026
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Racing Ahead
For years, women were forced to support their passion for cricket with other paying jobs. But with well-paying playing contracts and opportunities in professional leagues, more women than ever are embracing the sport wholeheartedly.
6 min |
February 11, 2026
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Joy Words Club
Lit fests are defined by their audience. Organisers, speakers, curators are all replaceable but not the readers, not the audience
4 min |
February 01, 2026
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The Sting of the Bar
India today has more than 4.3 lakh undertrial prisoners. A significant number of them are linked to political cases
8 min |
February 01, 2026
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The Dispossessed
The systematic creation of criminal and security legislations view Adivasis as an inherently suspect class of criminals and terrorists
8 min |
February 01, 2026
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The Hypocrisy of Liberals
Favour of the self-proclaimed 'liberals' is lost the minute religion intervenes
5 min |
February 01, 2026
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Inside the Phansi Yard
Death row intensifies the structured brutalities of the penal system and reminds us why the struggle against the death penalty must also include the fact of prison violence
9 min |
February 01, 2026
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The Detention Legacy
Since Independence, a number of laws have been enacted that allow preventive detention which have been widely used by all regimes against their political opponents
7 min |
February 01, 2026
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“This Could Happen to You
The Bhima Koregaon case is not only about those who were imprisoned. It is also about the fate of democracy itself
8 min |
February 01, 2026
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"I Remember Swinging Between Hope and Despair"
HOPE and despair are basic human emotions and I believe that all human beings, now and then, swing between these two ends of the spectrum in life.
2 min |
February 01, 2026
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Think Ink
In 2026-the 'year of analog'-how will our relationship with literary festivals evolve?
6 min |
February 01, 2026
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Who Stole My Youth?
A Delhi district court granted Mohammad Iqbal bail in the riots case within three months. On March 18, 2025, he was discharged in the Babbu murder case, even as the riots trial continues
6 min |
February 01, 2026
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Half-Freedom
In Jharkhand, thousands of Adivasis have been arrested on Maoist allegations. They have spent years in prison before being declared innocent
8 min |
February 01, 2026
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Iron in the Soul
\"The Operative Word in Mainstream Media's Discourse For Me is No More 'Anti-National'; it's 'Terrorist”\"
10+ min |
February 01, 2026
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Goapocalypse
THE mortal remains of an arterial road skims my home on its way to downtown Anjuna, once a quiet beach village 'discovered' by the hippies, explored by backpackers, only to be jackbooted by mass tourism and finally consumed by real estate sharks.
2 min |
January 21, 2026
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A Country Penned by Writers
TO enter the country of writers, one does not need any visa or passport; one can cross the borders anywhere at any time to land themselves in the country of writers.
8 min |
January 21, 2026
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Visualising Fictional Landscapes
The moment is suspended in the silence before the first mark is made.
1 min |
January 21, 2026
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Only the Upper, No Lower Caste in MALGUDI
EVERY English teacher would recognise the pleasures, the guilt and the conflict that is the world of teaching literature in a university.
5 min |
January 21, 2026
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The Labour of Historical Fiction
I don’t know if I can pinpoint when the idea to write fiction took root in my mind, but five years into working as an oral historian of the 1947 Partition, the landscape of what would become my first novel had grown too insistent to ignore.
6 min |
January 21, 2026
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Conjuring a Landscape
A novel rarely begins with a plot.
6 min |
January 21, 2026
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The City that Remembered Us...
IN the After-Nation, the greatest crime was remembering.
1 min |
January 21, 2026
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Imagined Spaces
I was talking with the Kudiyattam artist Kapila Venu recently about the magic of eyes.
5 min |