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How to Bring Back a ForestSubscriber Only
December 01, 2019 06:00 IST
Science can help document a landscape, but actual conservation is possible only by communicating with local communities. A new book of essays reflects naturalist TR Shankar Raman’s experience.
Thu, Nov 28, 2019
‘If caught in Bangladesh, we have papers. But in India…’Subscriber Only
December 01, 2019 02:39 IST
Around 200 people were arrested on the India-Bangladesh border earlier this month, while trying to cross over from India. Reports in Bangladesh’s newspapers suggest they were fleeing “harassment” in Bengaluru.
Sun, Dec 01, 2019
A graphic novel that documents the horrors of Vanni in Sri LankaSubscriber Only
November 17, 2019 08:03 IST
A decade after the Sri Lankan civil war, a former UN worker revisits the lives of those he left behind on the island through a graphic novel
Sun, Nov 17, 2019
Two sides of fearSubscriber Only
November 17, 2019 00:35 IST
As ‘illegal’ immigrants leave Bengaluru amidst a government crackdown, Thubarahalli, a colony of Bengali-speaking migrants in the city, has also drawn the line — “That is where the Bangladeshis live. Go harass them”
Sun, Nov 17, 2019
The last strawSubscriber Only
November 03, 2019 07:43 IST
Meet the tribe of Indians trying to live plastic-free and sustainably
Sun, Nov 03, 2019
Birth of the Iron Fist
October 20, 2019 00:45 IST
Margaret Atwood’s latest reveals the insidious armature of Gilead — an oppressive political order we are uncomfortably familiar with
Sun, Oct 20, 2019
Cloudy with a chance of catastrophe
October 01, 2019 00:15 IST
A children’s book that talks about caste, and inspires you to be a climate champ
Tue, Oct 01, 2019
Why, for Kannada writer Devanoora Mahadeva, Gandhi is an ally in the battle against casteSubscriber Only
September 29, 2019 06:00 IST
Mahatma Gandhi 150th Birth Anniversary: ‘If savarnas need to change to liberate India from caste, then Gandhi is necessary’
Mon, Sep 30, 2019
Two years after killing of Gauri Lankesh: ‘Her voice is still here. She has not been forgotten’Subscriber Only
September 22, 2019 06:30 IST
Two years after the killing of Gauri Lankesh, sister Kavitha looks back at an intertwined life.
Sun, Sep 22, 2019
The bilingual bard of Bombay and Mumbai, Kiran Nagarkar gave Indian writing in English an electric chargeSubscriber Only
September 06, 2019 04:35 IST
Nagarkar first novel, Saat Sakkam Trechalis, was written in Marathi in 1974; its urban, male angst could be traced to predecessors such as Bhalchandra Nemade’s Kosala (1963) but there was no mistaking this striking, new voice.
Fri, Sep 06, 2019
I am calling for immigration as reparation: Suketu MehtaSubscriber Only
September 01, 2019 06:01 IST
Suketu Mehta on his new book, the long shadow cast by colonialism and why climate refugees won’t stop moving.
Sun, Sep 01, 2019
Bridging the schooling gap for migrant children in BengaluruSubscriber Only
September 01, 2019 06:00 IST
In a bridge school for migrant children, a Kannada teacher helps them join the conversation.
Sun, Sep 01, 2019
I want to make men less violent through my stories: National Award-winning screenwriter Syam PushkaranSubscriber Only
August 18, 2019 06:00 IST
The work of National Award-winning screenwriter Syam Pushkaran reflects on what it is to be a man. Pushkaran, 35, on masculinity and contemporary Malayalam cinema.
Sun, Aug 18, 2019
In her new book, Angela Saini shines a light on the racism at the roots of modern science and why far-right identity politics could hijack it againSubscriber Only
August 04, 2019 06:10 IST
Angela Saini's work uncovers how power structures influence the questions science asks and the answers it supplies.
Sun, Aug 04, 2019
Scholar Alpa Shah on her book Nightmarch, Adivasi society, and how the Maoist promise fell apartSubscriber Only
July 28, 2019 06:10 IST
Alpa Shah's book was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize — Britain’s most prestigious award for political writing— in May.
Sun, Jul 28, 2019
Dinesh Gundu Rao on Karnataka crisis: ‘This was a Rs 1000-crore operation…it has been going on for a year’Subscriber Only
July 26, 2019 01:36 IST
We need to regroup and take the issues to the people. In the last year, we could not, because of various issues, the Lok Sabha elections, the dissidence, said Dinesh Gundu Rao.
Fri, Jul 26, 2019
‘Couldn’t afford to show fear’: Kerala’s health minister KK Shailaja on dealing with NipahSubscriber Only
July 21, 2019 06:30 IST
KK Shailaja is the quiet face of Kerala’s Nipah fightback, inspiring Revathy’s role in the Malayalam film Virus. The state health minister on how the battle was won, and the challenges ahead.
Sun, Jul 21, 2019
As #MeToo wave ebbs, Kabir Singh is a balm for bruised male entitlementSubscriber Only
July 13, 2019 00:00 IST
Would domestic violence cease if films such as Kabir Singh or Dabangg or Tere Naam were not made? Of course not. But popular cinema is a powerful way in which a society negotiates its rights and wrongs.
Sat, Jul 13, 2019
A new book by two Bengaluru-based ecologists tries to help urban Indians rediscover trees as guardiansSubscriber Only
June 30, 2019 06:00 IST
Step into the Shade: Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli's new book Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities talk about trees as providers and keepers of our mental peace.
Sun, Jun 30, 2019
Not the Same River
June 15, 2019 10:10 IST
Amitav Ghosh’s novel sails into troubled waters. The voyage is action-packed but disappointing.
Sat, Jun 15, 2019
Girish Karnad (1938-2019): Playwright who engaged with history to articulate India’s modernity
June 11, 2019 04:55 IST
Till the end, through six decades of public life, Girish Karnad continued to pitch himself — his frail body, his breathless self — into the battles of the present.
Tue, Jun 11, 2019
Actor-playwright Girish Karnad passes away
June 10, 2019 09:38 IST
Playwright, filmmaker and actor Girish Karnad passed away on Monday morning. He was 81.
Mon, Jun 10, 2019
Seven months, 300 km and a few knocks later, giant statue reaches Karnataka templeSubscriber Only
June 04, 2019 01:52 IST
For seven months now, a colossal slab of granite, weighing 420 tonnes, quarried from a hill in Korakottai village in Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, has been travelling on a vehicle with 240 wheels, as it makes its way to a temple in Bengaluru’s Ejipura.
Tue, Jun 04, 2019
A Hypermaniac Adventure: Book review of The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack
May 25, 2019 11:11 IST
HM Naqvi’s new novel is a baggy yarn, buoyed by a joyous celebration of a syncretic history and limited by its lack of interiority
Sat, May 25, 2019
Can the media bring back my honour, asks Rajasthan man branded ‘terror suspect’Subscriber Only
May 15, 2019 00:50 IST
The footage of a man being allowed to walk away from a metal detector was flagged by media reports as evidence of lax security in the backdrop of the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka.
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