[ad_1] The sun over Amritsar today, April 13, carried a familiar, sharp intensity. To visitors, the city is alive with Baisakhi celebrations. You can smell the ripening grain, hear the dhol beats, and feel the spiritual energy of the Golden Temple.But just a few hundred meters away, behind a narrow, unassuming alleyway, the air grows … Read more
[ad_1] 24 years of 2001 Parliament attack On the afternoon of December 13, 2001, India witnessed a deadly assault on its democracy. A group of Pakistan-trained terrorists drove into the Parliament complex in a stolen white ambassador car and opened fire, leading to a gun battle that lasted nearly half an hour. For millions who … Read more
[ad_1] The old woman who once sliced our front garden hose with a knife has just walked past our home without pausing. Not long after the hose incident I confronted her with what she had done and she denied ever walking along our street, let alone cutting anyone’s hose, or even carrying a knife. In … Read more
[ad_1] In 2014, writer and academic Amit Chaudhuri wrote the mission statement on “literary activism” – as the starting point of the project. It began in 2014 with a series of annual symposia with Ashoka University. Its aim was to create a space for the kind of discussion on creativity no longer available in mainstream … Read more
[ad_1] Every Imtiaz Ali opening feels like its own genre. Each feels sharper than the last until you circle back and realise the older one never stopped breathing. But revisit the new again, and it opens up, revealing something you missed. This cycle goes on, and it will, as long as there are movies and … Read more