Standing almost 35 metres high, Asia’s tallest stone statue of Jesus would look out from a four hectare plot in the Catholic-majority Harobele village on the outskirts of the global technology hub Bangalore, the capital of the southern Indian state […]
Studies suggest a significant proportion of Indian-origin families in Canada are practising female feticide, sex-selective abortion. A disproportionately higher number of male children were born to mothers of Indian origin in Canada, according to research published in the Canadian Medical […]
M K Chandra Bose, Punjab, the land of five rivers (Pan-Jab), has had a turbulent past, replete with sagas of wars, bravery and martyrdom. As the gateway to the subcontinent, Punjab experienced many invasions down the ages, making it a […]
January 3, 2020, marks the 189th birthday of Savitribai Phule, a 19th-century social reformer who played an instrumental role in women’s education and empowerment. Savitribai Phule, the wife of Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, was born on January 3, 1831. She […]
For the first time, India is seeing secularism go from a top-down proclamation to a street slogan , For the first time in India’s history, secularism has moved from being a top-down slogan and concern voiced by political leaders and […]
The year that we leave behind was one of the darkest in the journey of our republic, a long night broken suddenly in the last fortnight of the year with the brilliant unexpected light of resistance founded on solidarity, love […]
Kirti Singh’s diploma film Mamatva brings out the myths and stories around motherhood. A student from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata, the film has travelled to festivals in India and abroad. Singh, 34, tells the story of a […]
The Jamia Coordination Committee releases a press statement condemning police action The Delhi police detained about 350 protestors, including women who were set to stage a demonstration outside the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Bhawan in the capital on Friday against the […]
Manoranjan Byapari, the celebrated Dalit Bengali writer, has taken on many odd jobs in life-as a rickshaw-puller, a sweeper, watchman, cook or whatever else came his way. Through all this, though, he stuck unwaveringly to his one and only passion-writing. […]
Director Mari Selvaraj’s ‘Pariyerum Perumal’ starring Kathir and Anandhi, was one of the most appreciated films of 2018 in Tamil. The film revolved around a law student from a lower caste who becomes friends with his classmate, a girl who […]
