New books by the imprisoned founding editor of NewsClick trace his personal and political journey across two grim periods, and weave in insightful critique of science and technology
The Canadian documentary chronicles the fight for justice after a 13-year-old girl was gang-raped in Jharkhand, but its reckless approach violates India’s Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
For years, the Indian administration has selectively evicted people – especially Muslims – from lands regularised under the now-repealed Roshni Act, leaving some homeless and many others on edge
Verghese returns to familiar themes in ‘The Covenant of Water’ – modern medicine, political upheavals, and more – to confirm himself as a writer of his own type of global novel
Many in Southasia earlier saw Indian secularism as an example for their own countries – but Narendra Modi’s mixing of Hinduism and politics has crushed India’s singular standing
Documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan discusses his 1992 film that captured the first attack on the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and why it is still relevant more than 30 years later
