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JLF 2024: ‘In India and the world, the citizen has become the state’s enemy’, says writer Urvashi ButaliaSubscriber Only

February 06, 2024 21:50 IST

On day two of the festival, a panel on gender inequality explored the many feminisms that could remedy it.

Tue, Feb 06, 2024

K Srilata, Debashis Paul, Justice Najmi Waziri and Anil Aneja in conversation with V. R. Ferose at Jaipur Literature Festival at Clarks Amer in Jaipur on Friday. (Express Photo by Rohit Jain)

JLF 2024: ‘There is nobody here who hasn’t been touched in some way or the other by the experience of disability’: K Srilata, poet and professorSubscriber Only

February 03, 2024 17:47 IST

A panel discussion on destigmatising disability touched upon how far India has come and what more needs to be done

Mon, Feb 05, 2024

Taylor Swift has been at the jagged end of many a pitchfork, over and over again, through the years. (Facebook/TaylorSwift)

She maybe America’s sweetheart but Taylor Swift is complicit in setting herself up as the eternal victimSubscriber Only

January 15, 2024 11:43 IST

NYT opinion piece on Taylor Swift's work and sexuality is reductive but it raises the question — was it tailor-made for someone like Swift to make the argument that she is oh-so-oppressed to be able to speak for herself?

Mon, Jan 15, 2024

Reading Joe Sacco’s ‘Palestine’ in 2023: What happens to the war when you look away?Subscriber Only

December 26, 2023 08:00 IST

The systems are not failing those killed, they are built to kill. And now, once again, a lot of us know. In the background, the bulldozer is charging ahead anyway

Tue, Dec 26, 2023

Grief is the defining emotion of our age – love and hope can be our coming-of-ageSubscriber Only

September 16, 2023 17:30 IST

Hope feels dangerous to me. Not because love is lacking. But because our collective grief for the loss of love – from the pandemic to a hate-filled public conversation – seems to count for very little

Tue, Sep 19, 2023

In the Barbie world, we are all victims of the patriarchy — or are we?Subscriber Only

July 30, 2023 19:30 IST

By tapping into the modern woman’s insecurity, by personifying itself as a vulnerable naive Barbie, Mattel tries to get absolution from the audience. And tries to extend absolution to the audience

Mon, Jan 08, 2024

Members of India's transgender community participating a rally in Mumbai

Reservation for transgender community: What the demand for ‘horizontal’ reservation isSubscriber Only

June 30, 2023 13:54 IST

In the 2014 NALSA judgment, the Supreme Court ruled that transgender persons have a right to reservation, owing to the fact that they “are a socially and educationally backward class”. What has happened so far?

Wed, Jul 05, 2023

Adipurush controversy: Maybe it’s time we move beyond Ram-Ravan to tell new storiesSubscriber Only

June 17, 2023 19:06 IST

The live-wire that any piece of work around religion inevitably becomes, the volatility surrounding us every day when we speak of religion, points to an issue much larger than the Adipurush row

Sat, Jun 17, 2023

Meet ChatGPT: My potential colleague and professional rivalSubscriber Only

February 11, 2023 12:48 IST

Journalism is enriched as much by the final product as it is by the process of creation. AI may have much to offer, but human interaction is key for the work done in news organisations.

Sat, Feb 11, 2023

The case for menstrual medical leaves in India: Why is it the menstruators’ burden to wait for society to catch up?Subscriber Only

January 24, 2023 19:13 IST

The question must not be: When will India be ready? It must be: What can we do to make India ready?

Tue, Jan 24, 2023

Death of Anjali Singh: I was conditioned to be afraid, but I made a decisionSubscriber Only

January 07, 2023 12:10 IST

The question must not be: “What did she do?” It must be, “Why do we not care enough about women to stop failing them?”

Sat, Jan 07, 2023

Reading Elon Musk’s tweets: A ‘cool’ billionaire can’t fix free speechSubscriber Only

November 04, 2022 19:37 IST

Now, more than ever, the question of who gets to regulate Big Tech is relevant. For a platform that is as central to politics and policy today, the lack of checks and balances is alarming

Tue, Nov 08, 2022

Maja Ma: A queer tale starring the Dhak Dhak girlSubscriber Only

October 13, 2022 19:07 IST

The very fact that Madhuri Dixit — of "Choli ke peeche" fame — is cast in the role of a lesbian marks the progress Maja Ma makes for queer stories in India

Sat, Oct 15, 2022