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How the NEP’s killing of the public university brought Gen Z out on the streets
Education / Reportage
How the NEP’s killing of the public university brought Gen Z out on the streets
Eram Agha
August 2026
Exposing the largest far-right network in history
Politics / Essay
Exposing the largest far-right network in history
Felix Pal

Magazine

The government’s harmful gatekeeping of gender-affirming healthcare
Communities / Commentary
The government’s harmful gatekeeping of gender-affirming healthcare
Ananta Jain
What the Jantar Mantar protests made clear
Politics / Interview
What the Jantar Mantar protests made clear
Shahid Tantray
Defiance, chaos and repression at the CJP's Sansad March
Politics / Reportage
Defiance, chaos and repression at the CJP's Sansad March
Nikita Saxena , Puja Sen , Amrita Singh , Shahid Tantray
The Ram Mandir donations theft and Modi’s men who should answer for it
Politics / Reportage
The Ram Mandir donations theft and Modi’s men who should answer for it
Dhirendra K Jha , Amrita Singh
Contemporary fiction about the internet
Technology / Books
Contemporary fiction about the internet
Saachi Gupta

In the news

Security force official in blue uniform shot at my face: Protestor with pellet wounds
Politics / Reportage
Security force official in blue uniform shot at my face: Protestor with pellet wounds
Shahid Tantray
The bloody record of the Delhi Police
Crime / Reportage
The bloody record of the Delhi Police
Prabhjit Singh
The rise of Narendra Modi
Politics / Profile
The rise of Narendra Modi
Vinod K Jose
The women’s reservation bill was an all-too-transparent ploy
Politics / Commentary
The women’s reservation bill was an all-too-transparent ploy
Hartosh Singh Bal

Web Exclusives

Selections from an anthology of writing on and by Umar Khalid
Politics / Excerpt
Selections from an anthology of writing on and by Umar Khalid

“Partly, this book also emerges from our habit of gathering books for Umar to read while he is ‘inside’ (because the one thing he has more than us is time),” the editors note in their introduction. “Partly, it is also to see his incarceration as a lens through which we attempt to understand the time that we are all living through.”

Shuddhabrata Sengupta , Banojyotsna Lahiri , Anirban Bhattacharya
Periyar, Ambedkar and the Poona Pact
History / Excerpt
Periyar, Ambedkar and the Poona Pact
A Thiruneelakandan
“Punitive actions against prisoners are seen as a demonstration of administrative control”
Law and Order / Excerpt
“Punitive actions against prisoners are seen as a demonstration of administrative control”
Anand Teltumbde

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Italy’s fight against trafficking in art and antiquities
Crime / Photo Essay
Italy’s fight against trafficking in art and antiquities
Matteo Bastianelli
A film institute in an era of censorship
Film / Photo Essay
A film institute in an era of censorship
A family’s history in response to a call for violence
Communities / Photo Essay
A family’s history in response to a call for violence
Zeeshan Hasan Akhtar
The civic struggle against uranium mining in the West Khasi Hills
Environment / Photo Essay
The civic struggle against uranium mining in the West Khasi Hills
Tarun Bhartiya
The enduring language of Indian streets
Arts / Photo Essay
The enduring language of Indian streets
Pooja Saxena

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How an amoral technocracy powers Modi’s India
Science And Technology / Books
How an amoral technocracy powers Modi’s India
Mila T Samdub
How upper castes invented a Hindu majority
Religion / Essay
How upper castes invented a Hindu majority
Divya Dwivedi , Shaj Mohan , J Reghu
Adityanath’s reign of terror
Politics / Reportage
Adityanath’s reign of terror
Dhirendra K Jha
Manmohan Singh at the centre of the storm
Politics / Reportage
Manmohan Singh at the centre of the storm
Vinod K Jose
How nine official inquiries obscured the truth of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence
Politics / Reportage
How nine official inquiries obscured the truth of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence
Hartosh Singh Bal

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How current gold interest rates affect the amount you can borrow today
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How current gold interest rates affect the amount you can borrow today
Eligibility For A Personal Loan Explained With Income, Age And Credit Factors
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Eligibility For A Personal Loan Explained With Income, Age And Credit Factors
IILM University Pioneering Educational Excellence: Celebrating 5 years of NEP 2020
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IILM University Pioneering Educational Excellence: Celebrating 5 years of NEP 2020
Karnataka’s Model of Development: Inclusive Growth, Social Justice, and a Vision for the Future
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Karnataka’s Model of Development: Inclusive Growth, Social Justice, and a Vision for the Future
HM Shankar

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Books

Food in Dalit and Adivasi Writing
Communities / Books
Food in Dalit and Adivasi Writing
Manasvi Pote
Writing in the aftermath of the Police Action in Hyderabad
Literature / Books
Writing in the aftermath of the Police Action in Hyderabad
Nandhanaa PJ
Scenes from the modern literature of Brahminism
Caste / Books
Scenes from the modern literature of Brahminism
Ashik Kahina
Interfaith romance fiction in the era of love jihad
Communities / Books
Interfaith romance fiction in the era of love jihad
Maya Palit
Masculinity and the family in contemporary Indian fiction
Literature / Books
Masculinity and the family in contemporary Indian fiction
Areeb Ahmad
The changing contours of India’s relationship with Israel
Conflict / Books
The changing contours of India’s relationship with Israel
Achin Vanaik
Caste in the campus novel
Literature / Books
Caste in the campus novel
Diya Isha
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