Buddhist have been protesting at Bodh Gaya to repeal the Bodh Gaya Temple Act. The protest is not just a battle against joint Hindu control over their most revered site but is symbolic of a struggle ...

The horrific attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir—which claimed at least 28 lives and left dozens critically injured—deserves our full and unequivocal condemnation. The massacre of unarmed civilians in cold ...

LATE INTO THE NIGHT between 21 and 22 December 2023, five officers rushed into a room at the Echo Company Base of the 48 Rashtriya Rifles, at the small ridge of Dera Ki Gali. The base overlooks the ...

“WE CAME HERE AS DEVOTEES,” Valsan Thillankeri thundered into a Kerala Police mike-set. He was standing among a circle of policemen watching calmly, immediately outside the premises of the Sabarimala ...

I WAS RAISED along the banks of the river Pabbar, whose once robust flow has dwindled into a mere stream, its vitality drained by the construction of a hydroelectric project. Rivers are polluted, ...

ON A FEBRUARY MORNING LAST YEAR, Sujit Yadav, a Christian pastor, drove across the wheat and potato fields of Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district to the home of a congregant, in the village of Bhalwahi.

WE HAVE NEVER had an election like this before, with the people split between elation and foreboding. The majority eagerly anticipates the result, with many among them unconcerned about what it would ...

Sitting in a vibrant room riddled with Wi-fi routers and cables, and his YouTube Creators Award perched upon the top shelf, Ambrish Bhatia lit a cigarette. “I didn ...

AKSHAY KUMAR loves India. He really does. He has said so in his movies, in his advertisements and in his tweets. In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the country to its knees, and the actor ...

ON THE EVENING of 22 March, there was unusual activity at the Election Commission of India’s headquarters, on Delhi’s Ashoka Road. At about 5 pm, various representatives of opposition parties had ...

THE PHOTOJOURNALIST M PALANI KUMAR’S first visit to Ennore, in 2019, was an unforgettable experience. “I couldn’t help being awestruck seeing how Ennore is so different from Chennai, though it is an ...