Wednesday, Sep 28, 2022
Journalism of Courage
Devyani Onial
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‘Seeing the cheetah in Kuno National Park is a dream come true’: MK Ranjitsinh
The octogenarian who has been instrumental in getting the Namibian cheetah to India, on the journey and the road ahead
Tue, Sep 20, 2022
‘Akbar anticipated the modern, multicultural, secular state’: Parvati Sharma
The Delhi-based writer on what made her work on a biography of the Mughal emperor Akbar, the many myths that surround his legacy, his ruthlessness and his ability to rise above his prejudices for greater good
Sat, Jul 30, 2022
Explained: The story of Jim Corbett, the remarkable hunter-naturalist after whom India’s most celebrated national park is named
Born in Nainital, Jim Corbett lived in India until Independence, after which he left for Kenya where he died in 1955.
Mon, Jul 25, 2022
How India’s birdman, Sálim Ali, showed us the interconnectedness of life
A recent collection of his radio talks point to the stellar role birds play in preserving our environment
Sun, Apr 03, 2022
Jim Corbett was an Englishman and an Indian
Devyani Onial writes: To be one was not to cancel out the other. This is something to be remembered, as the proposal to rename the Corbett National Park is being considered.
Sun, Oct 10, 2021
Explained: The story of Corbett National Park, and the man behind the name
India’s best known hunter, Corbett earned fame after he tracked down and killed a number of man-eating tigers and leopards
Mon, Dec 27, 2021
Prof D N Jha: Iconoclast scholar who made ancient history contemporary
A former professor and chair at the Department of History at Delhi University specialising in ancient and medieval history, Jha consistently called out what he saw as distortions of Indian history.
Fri, Feb 05, 2021
From shadow of Emergency, a 94-yr-old who moved Supreme Court
Sitting in her apartment in one of the many blocks with a view that have come up in Dehradun, the 94-year-old remembers a personal journey dotted with the milestones of a century.
Wed, Dec 16, 2020
Stephen Alter: “Kipling’s stories had a much darker side which Disney erased”
The writer on taking forward Mowgli’s story in his latest book, Feral Dreams and recapturing the shadows and fears of the original Jungle Books
Sat, Dec 05, 2020
Manbeena Sandhu: “Ma Anand Sheela is still the queen of her kingdom”
An interview with the writer of a new biography on Osho’s controversial and flamboyant former secretary.
Sun, Oct 11, 2020
Kangana Ranaut, who cast herself as Bollywood’s disruptor, takes on a new role
Kangana Ranaut could have become the flag-bearer of a revolution in Bollywood. It’s a pity she has chosen, instead, to become the symbol of a million meaningless mutinies.
Tue, Sep 15, 2020
Explained: From assertive ‘Jai Shri Ram’, a reason to move to gentler ‘Jai Siya Ram’
The “Jai Shri Ram” slogan had come to symbolise the Ram Janmabhoomi movement; on Wednesday, as the movement culminated in the first step of temple-building, there was, perhaps, no need for a battle cry anymore.
Fri, Aug 07, 2020
#BlackLivesMatter: ‘There has never been a reckoning for (American) policing’s slave-patrol origins’
Hiring more Blacks, Hispanics and women into law enforcement will certainly help, but it’s not the sole fix for systematic racism in policing. A more multi-pronged approach is needed.
Fri, Jun 19, 2020
Explained: George Floyd’s America in black & white
Black Rights Matter carries echoes of MLK’s civil rights movement. A look at what is similar, what is different, and what African Americans have faced in between.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Ruskin Bond on simple living in complicated times
"Maybe people will get a chance to discover themselves in this enforced solitude, to become more thoughtful because we can’t rush around as we used to"
Tue, May 19, 2020
From Garm Hava to Naseem: Two Hindi films that captured the predicament of the Indian Muslim
Reading new meanings into a film that captured the aftermath of Partition, and one that showed an India leading up to the Babri Masjid demolition.
Sun, Jan 26, 2020
‘Kisi ke baap ka Hindustan thodi hai’: Rahat Indori’s line from three decades ago is rallying call
A poet who gets the crowds on his feet at mushairas across the country and abroad with his distinct style of delivery, Rahat Indori’s often deceptively simple words give a hard-hitting message, with the political informing the lyrical.
Wed, Dec 25, 2019
On that side is Queen, on this is Gandhi: In royal Patiala, it’s the commoners who will decide
With Congress winning the Assembly polls in 2017, Preneet Kaur’s husband Capt Amarinder Singh in the Chief Minister’s chair and with Gandhi dismissed by the AAP, the Congress appears upbeat about its chances in Patiala.
Tue, May 14, 2019
Una: In town of defence forces, job issue jostles with Pulwama
Within Una’s government college campus, jobs and national security are what they discuss when they talk about politics.
Sun, May 05, 2019
Kargil: War is a way of life, now need schools and jobs
Two decades after the India-Pak war, it’s in Elections 2019 that nationalism has emerged as a poll issue for the rest of the country. But in Kargil, conflict is far from the idea sold on the mainland. Here, it’s a way of life, felt, not expressed, and definitely not voted upon.
Thu, Apr 25, 2019
Quota pe Charcha
Chunaavi jumla or bold move? Right decision or wrong income cap? Great equaliser or more of the same? From its tea shops and college campuses to its ghats and temples, the 10% quota for general category has the PM’s constituency of Varanasi divided. The Indian Express reports.
Sun, Jan 13, 2019
‘Everything he wrote was imbued with the people, the art of India’
Parvati Sharma on her new book on emperor Jahangir, digging him out of obscurity and why the Mughals continue to be labelled outsiders.
Sun, Nov 11, 2018
‘A fear of the Other is at the core… This is still relevant in 2018’
Brothers Chapman and Maclain Way, directors of the Netflix series Wild, Wild Country, on what prompted them to make the docu-series, its relevance today and their meeting with the feisty Ma Anand Sheela.
Sun, Apr 15, 2018
Farmers, Ponzi victims: Everyone has a cause at Anna Hazare sit-in
From Tamil Nadu and Punjab farmers to Jaypee home buyers and employees against the Moser Baer boss, everyone hoped the spotlight on him would also throw a light on them and their troubles.
Thu, Mar 29, 2018
Padmini’s poet: The man behind the first known narrative of Rani Padmavati is known more as a peer
Miles from Chittor, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, the man behind the first known narrative of Padmini, is known more as a peer
Sun, Nov 26, 2017