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Kaziranga at a Crossroads: Development, Conservation and the ESZ Debate

For over a century, Assam has been characterised by the lush grasslands, dense marshes and variety of wildlife found in Kaziranga National Park, but now it might be under threat. The Assam Government’s proposed plan to reduce the Eco-Sensitive Zone around the Park to as little as 1 km has raised alarms among environmentalists. An […]

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Make Money and Look Sanskari Doing It: The Rise of Worship Cinema in Bollywood.

There was probably not as much hype about the Ramayana in the 5th Century BCE as there is currently for Ranbir Kapoor’s iteration of Ram. Ever since the trailer dropped, the internet’s been ablaze with news, rumours and opinions about the movie. Some say Ranbir Kapoor was born to play the mythic hero, while others […]

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The Exam Was Never the Point

It all began on July 29 2026, when a group of exam candidates sat down at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in Ranchi and refused to get up. Their complaint? Simple – irregularities in the recruitment examinations of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC), leaked question papers with an […]

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The Diplomacy of Forgetting: Seven Years After Galwan, Normalisation Without Resolution

The last time Xi Jinping chose to accept an invitation to India was in October of 2019, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked Xi Jinping along the shore at Mamallapuram, past eighth-century rock-cut temples, for what both governments called an “informal summit”, a phrase that claims nothing discussed there has to be honoured later. And […]

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Built For Men: Does Nolan Really Have a Problem with Women?

In any conversation about the greatest contemporary directors of Hollywood, the name Christopher Nolan is sure to come up. There are essays and videos galore praising the director for his unique vision and knack for innovation in film. Watch enough YouTube video essays about him, and they’ll have you convinced he’s the best thing to […]

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The Currency of Displacement: The hidden cost of the Ken–Betwa River Linking Project

On April 5th, 2026, people of the Chattarpur District of Madhya Pradesh laid down on the Ken river, their faces smeared with mud, as if arranged for their own funeral with just one statement on their lips, “Nyay do ya Maar do” . Thousands gathered along the river, setting down a chitta andolan, a symbolic […]

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Horoscope Over Hardwork: Why India Is Still Waiting for the World Cup

When news broke that the AIFF spent about ₹16 lakh to hire a Delhi-NCR-based astrological firm, officially designated to “motivate” the national men’s football team it became a national talking point. India has one of the world’s largest youth populations and one of football’s biggest television audiences. During the 2026 FIFA World Cup, an Ipsos survey […]

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The Price of Progress: How Vizag’s AI Boom Is Displacing Dalit Farmers

“My avva, she’s a drumbeat on the broken drum. teaching the earth to bloom and to give fruit, becoming leather for cheppulu(footwear). Hers is like the agony of a top to escape the string of the landlords. Though she fed mother-earth with her breast, the lords kept her at a distance from the yield. My […]

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Through Society’s Eyes: What Maa Behen Reveals About the Position of Women Today

Over decades, women have pushed for equal opportunity in just about every walk of life; in schools, workplaces, political talk and public life. On paper, society has definitely gone far from the traditional gender roles that used to keep women mostly in the home. Yet, under that shiny progress, there’s this rough everyday truth that […]

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The Law Left the Door Ajar, and Called It Pride

June is recognised as Pride Month, which means, every year in June, India’s metropolitan cities boom with vibrant rainbows, solidarity, and performative allyship with the LGBTQ+ communities, while the discrimination of the other eleven months goes silently unaddressed. As the privileged metro elites wave their flags, a trans woman from a tier-2 city is denied […]

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