Since we cannot say ‘never again’...
What is the feeling of celebrating independence knowing it marks the darkest day in another people's history?
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There’s no way you’ll outrun a bear
Smoother violence fills our hearts like charming splinters. The irony is I am the first of my women
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Mind the gap: Metro rail a relief for female commuters
It is crucial to include a gender perspective in transportation infrastructure. It is a world built by men for men
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Gaza sends you a Merry Christmas
In Bethlehem, baby Jesus is seen wrapped in the Palestinian keffiyeh, lying amid the rubble. No softly lit manger opened its door for him, and certainly no wise man was there to bless the unforetold future
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Baldwin in December
Baldwin was sitting right beside, smoking, killing time, thinking of love and loneliness, friendships and misfortunes. Of Martin and Malcolm.
5m ago
WCNSF: An acronym that captures the horror of Gaza's children
Much like packing a school bag, organising a game with a friend, or contemplating homework, they now think about how they or their friends might die
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10 years of ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’: Like there is no tomorrow
I was 18. The power station over the Brahmaputra failed sometime that evening, so the lights went out. It was so hot and humid, my nerves gave up on feeling it after a point. After being with my friends by the river till half past ten, coming back home, I felt so empty that a certain rage filled me. I hated myself for going along with laughter that was so banal in those moments it made my lips ache just to keep them apart. I hated the city. Everything seemed without substance. That was the night in June when I came to know Llewyn.
5m ago
One year of Mahsa Amini's death: What has changed?
The movement after Mahsa’s death had forced Iran’s morality police off the streets until recently.
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March 19, 2023
‘Monstrous fancies, misshapen dreams’: My ambivalence with ‘Dorian Gray’
“How tragic it would be if you were wasted”, made me smile in a melancholic way. I know moments when “unnecessary things are our only necessities”. And I’ve not been hesitant to give “rebellion its fascination” and “disobedience its charm.”
March 6, 2023
Márquez told me people can fly sometimes
In celebration of Gabriel Garcia Márquez, born on this day, March 6, 1927.
January 20, 2023
Fail better: A new year’s resolution
But I understand. I am part of a historic pattern. So not everything is personal. I can't help but fall into some of the traps and become prey to some of the vultures.
November 19, 2022
Dear Mrs. Dalloway, I Will Be There
I am not ready to be a failure yet.
October 8, 2022
Old sins cast long shadows: A vivisection of communal harmony as Puja ends
We can’t just wish things away, we can’t disown parts of our culture and country because they don’t fit our particular ideal. That is a cop-out, an easy way out, that is claiming we are pristine, and the dirt lives elsewhere, claiming we are saints and that is not our sin.
October 1, 2022
For These Morbid Thoughts
For these morbid thoughts, go to the mountains and cry. For these morbid thoughts, kill all your darlings. For these morbid thoughts, shower as soon as you can. For these morbid thoughts, know that it won’t pass.
August 5, 2022
I write a name.—An ode to imagination
Imagination is the capacity to explore that "something else way down."
July 30, 2022
Next Time, Tell Me
There’s no other way but to go numb. But then the excruciating job is to make oneself un-numb.
May 12, 2022
Zahid Newaz’s ‘Shutrodhor’: A journey into our time
Shutrodhor (Abishkar Publication, 2021) starts with the disappearance of Anwar Ali. The sky-blue shirt that he wore on the day of his disappearance ends up at Rosario Automatic Dry Cleaners,
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