Born and Raised in Bambai 17

Farmers staging a 'Zameen Satyagrah' near Jaipur in 2017 to protest against the forced acquisition of their land by the government

Bhatti (Furnace)

In the furnaces of their homes Women offer their entire lives And keep thinking Perhaps!

On Elsewhereness

Mother walks through a military curfew upon shattered windows bearing no address. Upon little rocks still lugging the memory of the mountains they once were a part of.

Losar Greeting

The family of Arsalan, a nineteen-year-old from Zaldagar, Srinagar protests in 2022 against his arrest by the National Investigation Agency

Native Land

First came the scream of the dying in a bad dream, then the radio report, and a newspaper: six shot dead, twenty-five houses razed, sixteen beheaded with hands tied behind their backs inside a church . . .

The Sounds of Silence

The mystical desert of Jaisalmer, the majestic 12th-century fort palace, and a juxtaposition of sounds and silences from 20 different countries the story of a unique 'museum' within a museum

Through the Looking Glass

Nearly 40 years on, Govind Nihalani's memorable social and political satire Party unravels the hypocrisy of India's urban elite and raises vital questions about art

Saving Languages

Many threatened languages in the country might become critically endangered in the near future. A few from some tribal communities, especially women, are doing their bit to preserve and document their mother tongues

Lopsided Language

Coverage of the Israel-Palestine war raises the larger question of bias in media representations

END OF AN ERA?

A resurgent BJP may have hurt the Congress, but it has also belittled the importance of regional and smaller parties in national politics

BUCKING THE TREND

Madhya Pradesh will be a walkover for the Congress. Chhattisgarh will be tougher.

Shades of Justice

Two women—one black, the other white—are under trial in the films Saint-Omer and Anatomy of a Fall

Rekindling Hope

The Supreme Court verdict in the Bilkis Bano case that rescinded the remission of 11 convicts raises hope for a democratic India

The Dark Mien

Hindu scriptures differ on the skin colour of Ram. Was he white, blue, bluish-grey, black or even green?

Eye on Polls?

The Ram temple inauguration may certainly influence the processes and outcomes of the upcoming General Elections

December 23, 1949: Abdul Sees Divine Ram Lalla

Global history is replete with instances where faith has overshadowed all other considerations

'I Was Told Don't Object as Elections are Near': Joshimath Shankaracharya

Joshimath Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, who came into the limelight for his decision to not attend the consecration ceremony at Ayodhya on January 22, in an exclusive interview with Outlook, says that the religious scriptures are not being followed. He also accuses the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust secretary, Champat Rai, of dividing Hindu society in the name of sects. Excerpts:

Mapping the March

A look at a decade of the Hindu Rashtra conferences in Goa reveals which of their targets have been achieved and what remains

A Temple Triumphs

Ayodhya is all decked up, having undergone a rapid transformation in the recent past. Its residents are torn between the temple town then and now

Sheher-e-Paighambar

Muslims in Ayodhya brace for the Ram Mandir inauguration 31 years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Their only wish Is to be allowed to live in peace

"A Fleeting Feeling of Freedom"

Mohammed Ayman, co-founder of the Free Gaza Circus, is determined to entertain Gaza's kids

"I Yearn For a Moment of Boredom of the Lady with Hearing Loss”

She is a Gaza-based poet and cultural activist, who wrote this on Facebook on December 13

"Crazy and Unprecedented"

Haneen Harara, a Palestinian journalist based in Gaza, says it is really hard to tell the world how bad the situation is

"We are the People of Truth"

The last words of Gaza poet Heba Abu Nada

No Country for Coriander

In a longstanding game of one-upmanship, Israel keeps banning harmless goods, snatching away the simple wants of Palestinians

"I Don't Know How I Made it Out Alive"

Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad has been sharing the everyday struggle for survival in the ravaged city of Gaza

"We Did Not Expect the War to Go on for So Long"

Adel Al-Hawajri, a journalist from Gaza, says people are mentally and emotionally drained because this war is very different from the previous rounds of violence

"In Gaza, Death is Safer than Life"

Mosab Abu Toha, a poet, recounts his struggle to stay alive in war-torn Gaza

Where is She?

Batool Abu Akleen, a teenage poet from Gaza, last posted on October 23. Her social media handles went silent after that

"Gaza is our Home"

Researcher, writer and translator Yousef Aljamal highlights the human impact of the political situation through his mother’s and sister's stories