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Liberation Day: Why Hyderabad can’t tell its own tragic story

For Hyderabadis, the month that follows India’s Independence Day is just as significant. Since 1948, the violent, but necessary accession of Asaf Jahi-ruled Hyderabad remained caged in the consciousness of various Telanganites. The…
How Bollywood movies are rife with anti-Muslim plots

Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia has raised concerns over the growing Islamophobia in Indian society, saying that it has also found its way into Hindi cinema. He made the remarks while speaking at the…
The AI race is the danger, say the people who built it

Your bank, your hospital, the power company and the passport office all live on the internet now. So do your messages and your money. The newest systems do more than answer questions.…

Black sheep, broken system: Decoding Justice Gupta’s warning

The marching has stopped, the drum rolls have died down, and the euphoria of India’s 80th Independence Day celebrations has settled into memory. What remains is a question worth sitting with: how…
My food, my business: The exhaustion of explaining what we eat

Let me tell you a short fairy tale. Once upon a time, humans ate to survive. End of the story. Why, you ask? Look at us now. Food, which was to sustain…
Saharanpur mosque demolition: A state siege on minority rights

On September 5, 2026, a century-old mosque situated within the District Magistrate’s Collectorate complex in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, was completely razed in a pre-dawn operation commencing at approximately 5 am by local…
Saharanpur mosque demolition: A Benjaminian critique

In the early morning of September 5, 2026, as Saharanpur embraced sleep, all five main gates of the district’s Collectorate complex were sealed, turning it into a cantonment. Amid a heavy deployment…

Media professionals have no dignity left in India

Two female journalists who were brutally assaulted by the Delhi Police at the Saket Police Station on September 3 have become a talking point in the country. The discussion is whether any…
From teachers to moral police: What’s wrong with Indian classrooms?

If you have studied in India, chances are you had a teacher who inspired you to do better and grow. If you have studied in India, there are also chances that you…
Bollywood’s teachers: Extra or extraordinary, never ordinary

It is Teachers’ Day in India, and we are reminded of the big space teachers occupy in our lives; whether we acknowledge it or not is another matter. But the teachers we…
What India’s Left and Right have in common: Criticising Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas are contested in India today as rarely before, in the country he led to independence on August 15, 1947, and where he was shot dead on January 30, 1948.…
A legendary journey will end next year: Ronaldo to retire

For more than two decades, Cristiano Ronaldo has been one of the most recognisable and successful figures in world football. But now, at the age of 41, Ronaldo has announced that his…
Mecca defence pact: For Modi govt, Op Sindoor 2.0 is impossible

Spin doctors in the Modi establishment are trying hard to play down the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan, signed in Makkah in Saudi Arabia on August 7.…
Hyderabad’s forgotten year between two independence days

Hyderabad: It is a very easy thing to say or to write: India won independence from the British and became free on August 15, 1947. But it takes only a scratch of the…
Siraj likely to play leading role as India’s top pacer in Lanka

Hyderabad’s Mohammed Siraj is expected to spearhead India’s pace attack during the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka starting August 15. As a senior member of the fast-bowling unit, his primary responsibility…