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By Sweta Akundi Did you hear about that gorilla who pops up at strange places in the city — sneaking inside a garage in Adyar, plopping down on the terrace of a…

By Gopalkrishna Gandhi I am yet to read Laura Dassow Walls’s acclaimed 2017 biography of Henry David Thoreau. But from what I have been able to gather, it is kin to Ramachandra…

By Patralekha Chatterjee Are citizens and dissenters two separate groups of people? How far will ordinary people be willing to resist when confronted with situations not to their liking? What role does…

By Saad Hafiz It is probably naïve to expect that peace between India and Pakistan will dawn anytime soon. Events over the last few weeks have confirmed that the unending cycle of…

Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a global champion of their cause and winning the Nobel Peace Prize. On Friday, Murad and…

By Tani Khara India has a reputation as a vegetarian nation, and Indians certainly consume far less meat than the global average. But the view of India as a predominantly vegetarian nation…

By Shiv Viswanathan Dissent today is one of the most critical acts of democracy. There is an element of critical risk, and yet it is presented like a slice of drawing room…

By LT GEN H S PANAG Ever since the advent of war, soldiers have desecrated the corpses of their enemies, whether to send a message or exact revenge. However, nations and their…

By Naveed Para A lot of blood has flown down the bridge, it is time to keep the hate-mongers at bay and come forward not only for de-escalating the conflict but, to…

By Nadeem Farooq Paracha The term ‘Political Islam’ is an academic concoction. It works as an analytical umbrella under which political analysts and historians club together various political tendencies that claim to…