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Comfortably Numb
Constant exposure to violence unfolding in different regions across the globe is reshaping how people process suffering, with many experiencing psychic numbing or compassion fatigue
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March 21, 2026
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Freedom Cannot Be Delivered by Missiles'
“When I first heard about the strikes that reportedly killed Iran's Supreme Leader, my reaction was not celebration but shock, followed quickly by a heavy sense of dread.
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March 21, 2026
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War Begins Again
Oh, beautiful, beautiful, this time, we will pack a box of soil from home and run.
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March 21, 2026
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In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs
From the hijab ban in 1936 to the mandatory hijab by 1983, Iran has been living through extremities amidst relentless conflict over external influences for over a century
6 min |
March 21, 2026
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Futility of Fury
The US and Israel through their military actions are out of control. The outcomes of their actions in the form of reconfiguring the map of West Asia will also likely be beyond their control
6 min |
March 21, 2026
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Not so Strait
The current catastrophe in West Asia and the surrounding Arab world is not an accident of history, but a direct consequence of Washington's relentless pursuit of hegemony
7 min |
March 21, 2026
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No Balancing Act
The India-Iran relationship stretches back millennia
4 min |
March 21, 2026
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Hezbollah Vs Tzahal
Battered for decades, southern Lebanon is, once again, witnessing people fleeing to safer places as Israel's operation in Iran spirals into Lebanon
6 min |
March 21, 2026
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Whose Liberation is it Anyway?
For decades, US foreign policy has adopted the pattern of 'selective liberation'-the deployment of human rights language when aligned with US strategic interests and its relative absence when it conflicts with them
7 min |
March 21, 2026
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The Spectacle of the Woman Accused
Media narratives—especially when women are involved—can end up amplifying suspicion and weaponising gender
7 min |
March 11, 2026
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The Stink of Epstein
Why are the rich and powerful of the world scared of what lies buried in the Jeffrey Epstein files?
6 min |
March 11, 2026
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Passing the Watermelon
Narendra Modi's presence in Israel is being read not just as a bilateral engagement, but as an endorsement of Israeli action in Gaza and the West Bank
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March 11, 2026
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For Phoolan, Who Wasn't a Devi
“Whether or not it is the Truth is no longer relevant. The point is that it will, (if it hasn’t already) - become the Truth. Phoolan Devi, the woman has ceased to be important. (Yes of course she exists. She has eyes, ears, limbs, hair etc. Even an address now) But she is suffering from a case of Legenditis. She’s only a version of herself. There are other versions of her that are jostling for attention. Particularly Shekhar Kapur’s “Truthful” one, which we are currently being bludgeoned into believing.”–Arundhati Roy in ‘The Great Indian Rape-Trick I’, on the film Bandit Queen by Shekhar Kapur based on Phoolan, whom he never met because he didn’t think he needed to meet her. The film was based on journalist Mala Sen’s book India’s Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi.
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March 11, 2026
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The Chic Cartel
Women are not just victims or side characters in recent crime-and-power OTT dramas. They are complex forces-capable of empathy, strategy and ruthlessness-whose narratives demand both recognition and reckoning
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March 11, 2026
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The Hierarchy of Sympathy
In crimes against women, justice is shaped not only in courtrooms but in newsrooms where narrative determines whose suffering becomes national conscience and whose fades into procedural silence
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March 11, 2026
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Dasyu Sundari
Media accounts simultaneously cast her as victim and avenger, until a life shaped by caste violence and gendered oppression was repackaged into a consumable myth of dishonour and revenge
8 min |
March 11, 2026
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Prince Pervert
Are rumours of the death of the rule of law vastly exaggerated?
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March 11, 2026
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Together, Apart
Poonam Saxena's translations of Mannu Bhandari and Rajendra Yadav's memoirs present a portrait of the trailblazing Hindi writer-couple's marriage and of newly independent India
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March 11, 2026
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The Great Indian Rape Trick'
The trope of transforming sexual violence against women into a springboard for rage that can only be channelled through counter-violence has long served as a popular framework in cinema, both globally and in India
6 min |
March 11, 2026
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Sensational, Titillating, Factual
Reporting crimes against women is often designed to titillate rather than to
7 min |
March 11, 2026
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Working with Prashant Kishor
I was in a crowd of more than a hundred professionals. We were part of Team Prashant Kishor, waiting for him to arrive. It was the first time I was going to see him so closely in the Patna office.
3 min |
March 11, 2026
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The Big Boong
Perhaps Boong's recent BAFTA win, and the international attention it should bring to Manipur, will be the first step towards better things in a region that truly deserves it
6 min |
March 11, 2026
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The Second Assault
In 2020, 10 Dalit women were raped daily in India. The Hathras victim was among them. The way her case was remade into fiction proves twisted headlines can rewrite rapes and erase women
6 min |
March 11, 2026
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Killer, but Make it Beautiful
When a woman commits a crime, the storytelling often drifts from the nature of the crime to her physical attributes, moral values and the idea that she has transgressed the roles assigned to her by society
7 min |
March 11, 2026
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Harnessing AI for a Future-Ready India
Eminent leaders from government, industry, and academia deliberated and explored the various facets of Al's impact on education and societal progress, aligning with national goals. The future of education cannot be designed in silos. It must be co-created by governments that set direction, universities that nurture inquiry, industries that bring scale, and society that provides purpose.
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March 01, 2026
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Adrift Identities
The term 'ethnicity' has always been a murky concept for me. It would not be a stretch to claim that I have always felt considerably estranged from culture itself, like a balloon left adrift in the air, floating in limbo, unknowing of its origin and destination.
3 min |
March 01, 2026
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The Memory Keepers
A handful of media enterprises have worked hard to keep the Dalit diasporic community informed of their roots and responsibilities
5 min |
March 01, 2026
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Everyday Muslim
As Hindi cinema, by and large, continues to fail to create films depicting the regular life of an Indian Muslim sans stereotyping, The Great Shamsuddin Family comes as a breath of fresh air
6 min |
March 01, 2026
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Anatomy of a Horror
In September 2025, survivor Marina Lacerda stood before the US Capitol and spoke publicly about Jeffrey Epstein for the first time. Her story, along with the account of Haley Robson, echoed the trajectory of many other victims, revealing a pattern of grooming, coercion and silence that endured for decades, and raising uncomfortable questions about power, accountability and whether justice has truly been served to Epstein's victims
9 min |
March 01, 2026
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The Audience is Present
Marina Abramović's work is active, alive and pressingly contemporary. At an uncannily youthful 79, she exudes an intimidating calm, despite the brutal images she guided us through at her lecture on the history of performance art last week at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale-from live fireworks against a man's leg to an eyeball being sliced open
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