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In his famous book of essay, ‘Kalantar’ Rabindranath says on the Mahabharata, ‘The major part of the legendary theme of the Mahabharata is occupied by the description of battles but those do not ...
While presented as an ostensibly routine bureaucratic exercise, the SIR has in effect operated as a mechanism for the exclusion of disenfranchised communities, highlighting concerns about the Election ...
Re: ‘Notification S.O. 111(E) dated 11 March 2025 issued by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 declaring Awami Action Committee ...
Sikh, Muslim, Hindu — all met a similar and most painful fate. We had the opportunity of conversing with the families, and each of the martyred lives reflected definitive simplicity, who had been ...
Attacks on Bengali migrants in different states of India have been circulating in the media in recent times. Very recently, The Hindu has carried a fact-finding report (August 1, 2025) titled ‘Locked ...
Yes, it sounds a little zany to use the word beautiful in the context of a journalist. Not if one just said, ‘a beautiful man’. The first time I saw Sumitda was at a little cafe at the International ...
Climate change is redrawing not only coastlines and weather patterns — it is beginning to reshape the human geography of rural India. In Punjab, the country’s agricultural heartland, erratic weather, ...
The Editors Guild of India condoles the death of its former general secretary and Mainstream weekly editor, Mr Sumit Chakravartty. Mr Chakravartty passed away in Kolkata on Saturday after battling a ...
A little error of judgement on the part of Dhankar to give voice to the Opposition demand to impeach Justice Shekhar Yadav, seemingly cost Dhankar his job within hours of mentioning from the chair in ...
Mainstream, Vol 63 No 30, July 26, 2025 Music: Send in the Drums | James Asher Saturday 26 July 2025 #socialtags ...