Acclaimed Malayalam writer Sarah Joseph discusses feminist literature, activism, religion, and resistance. How can storytelling challenge patriarchy? Read the interview.

A row over pro-Palestinian voices at the Berlin International Film Festival has reignited debate on censorship in Germany’s cultural sphere. As filmmaker Abdallah Al-Khatib and others criticised ...

CEPA talks restart, energy cooperation expands, and nuclear fuel supply deepens strategic ties. Yet the unresolved Khalistani issue still shadows the economic reset.

Youth voters, anti-incumbency, and fan-driven politics are reshaping Tamil Nadu’s election. Can Vijay and Seeman disrupt Dravidian dominance? Read the analysis.

Dear Reader, Reading Amitav Ghosh’s Ghost-Eye left me flabbergasted, if not outraged. I could not believe that, in the ...

In Amitav Ghosh’s recent novel, the local is sacrificed at the altar of the global, with Sundarban and Bengali fish mercilessly made to perform on the international stage.

Vigil reminded me of what I dislike the most about modern American fiction: it is boring, navel-gazing, and self-serious.

The sudden resignation of West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose and the Centre’s choice of R.N. Ravi have triggered political ...

Rob H. Aft's English translation makes accessible for Indians who do not know French Désirée Sylvain-Lévi's epistolary ...

Nationalism in the West today often fuels anti-immigrant and exclusionary politics. But in Asia and Africa it emerged from ...

Nitish Kumar surprises Bihar with Rajya Sabha bid, ending his CM era. Social backlash and BJP's rise shake caste politics—see ...

Israel war on Iran deepens deglobalisation, weakens multilateralism, and pushes the Global South toward debt, austerity, and ...