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New Year Verse

'A man with a door': A poem by K Satchidanandan

'Now he sees a whole world / passing through this door...'

'Sweet sixteen': A poem by Eunice De Souza

'The preacher thundered: / Never go with a man alone...'

'Distant gods': A poem by Anjum Hasan

'And this is how we realise the world’s grown-up...'

India strikes nine sites in Pakistan, PoK in response to Pahalgam attack

Indus Water Treaty: Pakistan has few legal options against India

Savarna voters are angry with the BJP for its caste census – but they have nowhere else to go

3 civilians killed in firing by Pakistan Army across LoC, International Border

J&K Police detains journalist for spreading ‘anti-national content’

'Not the exception': A poem by Rohan Chhetri

'The man tells his story of survival on television'

'Road trip': A poem by Vijay Seshadri

'I’m just going to drive away down the coast / and not come back...'

'Footage for a trance': A poem by Ranjit Hoskote

'Start again. There is no safety in numbers.'

Video: Why activists unable to blink an eye went to court against E-KYC

Video: How will the amended Waqf Act impact India’s constitutional values?

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Eco India: Are Water ATMs a solution to Delhi's water problems?

Eco India, Episode 288: How can our cities navigate water scarcity and rising demands better?

'What I’ll take with me when I leave Shillong': A poem by Nabanita Kanungo

'It takes to belong nowhere / to bring yourself one day to gather all the pieces of grief...'

'Sea breeze, Bombay': A poem by Adil Jussawalla

'Restore us to fire. Still / Communities tear and re-form...'

'A little better': A poem by Vijay Nambisan

'And so this little greenling sits / In the sun, satisfied with itself...'

‘Black White & Gray’ director Pushkar Mahabal on upending true crime: ‘We have no time for nuance’

WAVES 2025 highlights: An institute for animation, film hubs in Navi Mumbai and Andhra Pradesh

Start the week with a film: ‘Groundhog Day’ is about a time loop we don’t want to escape

‘Kull’ review: A soggy soap opera about rowdy royals

‘Black White & Gray’ review: A gripping dissection of the true crime genre

'Someone else’s song': A poem by Kamala Das

I am a million, million births / Flushed with triumphant blood, each a growing / Thing...'

'A viewpoint': A poem by Amrita Pritam

'Every day it decimates / from every life / one more day...'

'A fable for the 21st Century': A poem by Tishani Doshi

'And as such, you should know that blindness / is historical...'

What Donald Trump could learn from Jawaharlal Nehru about architecture

My endless quest to understand Bhagwan Singh and Bhogwan Singh

Precious histories of South Asian dance have remained hidden and ignored – until now

How India got entangled in the geopolitical games in 1950s Ceylon