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Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938-2025): The poet of exile  

Naveen Kishore
A view of Dharavi, one of Asia’s largest slums, in Mumbai, India, August 1, 2023. Dharavi operates as more than a slum—it functions as a hub for various small-scale industries across Mumbai.
MUMBAI

It’s official: Dharavi redevelopment plan excludes thousands of tenants

The plan offers housing to only a fraction of existing tenants, with vague or missing data on who qualifies for relocation.
Amey Tirodkar
Amey Tirodkar

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Ramanathan Kumar headed the Research and Analysis Wing’s Pakistan desk for many years.
INTERVIEW

India and Pakistan are still very much on the razor’s edge: Ramanathan Kumar

The former head of R&AW’s Pakistan desk says that to think Pakistan will simply roll over is ignorance of basic facts and ground realities.
Amit Baruah
“Imayam” V. Annamalai, Tamil writer. 
INTERVIEW

Erasing the word “colony” from official records will benefit future generations: Imayam

The Tamil writer reveals how one word—“colony”—can carry the weight of caste, history, and humiliation, and why its erasure is a step toward healing.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma during the ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2024 final against South Africa. Their abrupt retirements mark a shift from ceremonial farewells to quiet exits, mirroring the changing rhythms of Indian cricket fandom.
CRICKET

Cricket retirements no longer pull at the heartstrings of Indian fans

The announcements no longer guarantee the emotional send-off they once did. Today, the idea of finality is replaced by a season-by-season suspense.
Palash Krishna Mehrotra
Border Security Force (right) and Pakistani Rangers personnel perform the daily retreat ceremony at the India-Pakistan border at Wagah on December 26, 2009.
INDO-PAK RELATIONS

Editor’s Note: Dialogue is the only long-term answer

Amid missiles and chest-thumping, dialogue may sound dull. But it’s the only tool left that doesn’t blow up—literally. Time to use it, not mock it.
Vaishna Roy

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A soldier of the Indian Army stands guard near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir on May 19, 2025.

Fragile peace, persistent tensions, and the limits of diplomacy

Vivek Katju
Jawaharlal Nehru is addressing the Nation from the Delhi Station of All India Radio (AIR) on the night of September 07, 1946.

In the ashes of Bihar’s 1946 violence, Nehru held humanism

Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka in Bengaluru on May 10, 2019. Justice Oka’s departure leaves the Court poorer and the idea of justice a little lonelier.

Justice Abhay Oka: Judging without fear or favour

His judicial record was grounded in fairness. And that made him a rare outlier in a system increasingly built on deference.
Saurav Das
A man stands inside a house damaged after cross-border shelling by Pakistan during the military conflict between India and Pakistan, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on May 10, 2025.

The shelling did not stop for the children

Shakir Mir
The book is dedicated to “the ocean of hands that jostle at ticket windows and the tireless railway community that serves with dedication”.

A window to the Railways

Aditya Sondhi

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Time stands still in Kashmir 

As the ceasefire holds, migrants flee a Valley gripped by fear, leaving behind jobs, wages, and a part of their lives.
Adil Abass

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A soldier of the Indian Army stands guard near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir on May 19, 2025.
INDO-PAK RELATIONS — THE LEDE

Fragile peace, persistent tensions, and the limits of diplomacy

History and demographics make Pakistan more than a foreign policy matter—it is also a central domestic concern for the entire South Asia.
Vivek Katju
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Border Security Force (right) and Pakistani Rangers personnel perform the daily retreat ceremony at the India-Pakistan border at Wagah on December 26, 2009.
INDO-PAK RELATIONS

Editor’s Note: Dialogue is the only long-term answer

Amid missiles and chest-thumping, dialogue may sound dull. But it’s the only tool left that doesn’t blow up—literally. Time to use it, not mock it.
Vaishna Roy
INDO-PAK RELATIONS

Compellence, not deterrence, is the way forward

Ajai Sahni
Indo-Pak Relations

War and farce

Sandeep Bhushan
Indo-Pak relations

The LoC is calm again, but Kashmiris still live under the shadow of war

Gowhar Geelani
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