Lest we show way to the wayward
BY: Javid Rather The prettiest and the most charming creation of the Almighty ever undoubtedly is a girl and without her the entire universe will look like a place which is good for nothing —- barren, fallow and unproductive. Every home where a girl is born must specially thank Almighty for blessing them with the […]
‘Mahde Saeb Poshwari’- A profound Sufi poet!
By: Mushtaq Hurra Shrines and Mausoleums are a common sight in the valley of Kashmir. Every Hamlet, village and town of Kashmir is abode to one or the other Sufi saint, or I must say that Sufism is deeply embedded in the soil of Kashmir. From Nund Reshi to Ahad Zargar, numerous sufi saints and […]
Interview : List of Things We Can Talk About Is Shrinking Every Day: Audrey Truschke
In conversation with the historian about her work on Aurangzeb and Mughal history, self-censorship, her cancelled event in Hyderabad and more
Jahnavi Sen: Hello and welcome, I am Jahnavi from The Wire, and with me today is Audrey Truschke. She’s assistant professor of South Asian history at Rutgers University in the US. Today, she’s going to tell us a little bit about her work, and also some recent experiences she’s had in India. So to begin […]
Jaun Elia – popular but not great
By: Rafay Mahmood Among the many tributes and eulogies that flooded social media after the APS attack in 2014 was actor Ahsan Khan’s Facebook post. Ab nahi koi baat khatray ki, ab sabhi ko sabhi sae khatra hai(There’s nothing left to be scared of, for everyone is scared of everyone), said the post. It was nothing […]
Why forests are the best ‘technology’ to stop climate change
Expanding forests is a much more effective solution to climate change than bioenergy.
BY: Jennifer Morgan The warning from the world’s top climate scientists that carbon dioxide (CO2) will need to be removed from the atmosphere to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is both a due and dire recognition of the great task in front of us. What must not be forgotten, however, is the hope […]
Nobel laureate Harold Varmus is a free radical
Harold E. Varmus graduated in English Literature but did his master’s in Medicine
By: Partha P. Majumder Dr Harold E. Varmus, who will be in Calcutta next week, won a Nobel Prize in Medicine jointly with mentor J. Michael Bishop in 1989 for discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes. This will not be his first visit to India. “My desires to practice medicine… were also tempered by […]
‘Without language we cannot claim our identity’
By Sayim & Bariya Hamid It is a widely accepted fact that Kashmir valley is not known just for its beauty but also for its rich culture, tradition and heritage; and also, it is no wonder that Kashmiri language is loved and admired by the people other than Kashmiris. We often find the visitors here […]
Manto’s political insight without doctrines
A combination of political awareness and lack of political involvement saved the writer from being predictable and uncreative
By: Vidyarthy Chatterjee Each time Saadat Hasan Manto changes position in his 63-year-old grave in Lahore, “wondering whether he is a better short story writer than God”, the subcontinent, more than any other part of the world that recognized his genius belatedly, goes into raptures. Some recent films, books, and stage adaptations to do with […]
How fair is social media criticism?
Instant online opinions impoverish our public sphere
By: A.S. Panneerselvan Social media activists seem to have different notions about corrective action, justice and fairness. They want retribution, revenge and punishment rather than non-punitive course correction, which is the essential function of a news ombudsman. A news ombudsman adopts a light-touch approach to visibly mend mistakes. I refrain from naming the reporter while […]
Get over Sacred Games. Here’s a guide to the best crime dramas
The most real detective characters don’t carry guns. They turn whodunits darker and deeper
By: Saloni Meghani In the British crime show Happy Valley (2014), Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood is prowling outside the hideout of her dead daughter’s rapist. And I’m unduly scared for her. This, unfamiliar, mortal fear comes from the knowledge that Cawood doesn’t have a gun – just a baton. The man on the other side […]
