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Privilege, paradox, and the places we begin
March 01, 2026 9:35 pm
The danger lies not in acknowledging privilege but in absolutizing it.
Kesariya Balam: Finding arrival and belonging at the Jaipur Literature Festival
January 18, 2026 6:23 pm
Kesariya balam, padharo mhare des — the song that welcomed me to Jaipur, carrying centuries of hospitality in a single, unhurried note
From Bihar, an example: A Kanwar Yatra that empowers women, and doesn't threaten
August 12, 2025 5:49 pm
Bihar's 'Bol Bam' isn't all perfect. But it's a place of safety, where women are freer. It is a yatra that confers self-esteem, without aggression
The problem with the East-meets-West fusion of ‘Bandish Bandits’
December 25, 2024 6:08 pm
Preserving the great artistic traditions of India, including music, requires deep understanding and engagement. This cannot be done through a superficial acknowledgement of our syncretic culture.
Why today's debates over Aurangzeb, Shivaji, Rana Pratap or Prithviraj Chauhan are not about good or bad history, but tussles over memory
June 03, 2022 9:09 pm
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: It's not about rewriting Marxist or Nehruvian history but putting facts at the service of creating kinship and finding enemies.
A life beyond sports
December 25, 2021 9:15 am
Not everyone can excel at the highest level in sports. For those who can’t, alternative career paths need to be created
Ashutosh Javadekar’s book on his popular column in Loksatta released
November 29, 2021 10:12 am
The book is a compilation and extension of the popular column that Ashutosh Javadekar used to write for Loksatta in 2019.
Mischievous and Fake Crusades
September 27, 2021 7:55 am
P Chidambaram writes: While ‘love’ and ‘narcotics’ are real, to attach the word jihad to love (a natural human emotion) and to narcotics (an analgesia and an addictive drug) reveals warped thinking.
Leaders from all parties have got into hot water because of colourful language
August 30, 2021 8:58 am
Coomi Kapoor writes: In recent times Maharashtra leaders get so carried away, their utterances can make audiences blush with embarrassment.
This is what’s wrong with state-backed educational institutions offering courses in astrology
July 29, 2021 8:16 am
Rajesh Kochhar writes: They should equip their students for productive and enlightened roles, not propagate discredited ideas and train them to cash in on other people’s insecurities
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