2025

This article argues that the selected Indian media outlets have failed to develop a public sphere in the Habermasian sense [1], where rational-critical debate among private individuals about matters of public concern can flourish. Instead, the media landscape is marked by the reproduction of pre-established narratives, emotional framing, and ideological reinforcement. Drawing on Chomsky

by Pratishtha Pandya *
I AM SO GLAD, YOU ARE ASLEEP. I have asked your mother to recover your phone from your room and bin it. On your mother

They walked into a meadow
blossoming with flowers,
asking tourists their religion;
separating them
they shot the newly-weds,
transmuting sindoor into blood
as the earth shrivelled
into a terrified flood,
of entrenched corpses.
The chinar trees bent and wept
as the pony man leapt
to save them, instead
he was shot in the head.
It

The wheel of history turns, but in Nepal, it is turning very rapidly. Thousands of people are back on the streets demanding the return of 77-year-old former king, Gyanendra. The roads are filled with people, tear gas, clashes, and curfews are common. Hundreds have been detained, yet protests continue. Reports of two deaths have emerged. It

War brings misery and deaths.

Like Life, the trajectory of history, too, cannot be wholly immune from irony. Joseph Samuel Nye, the distinguished Political Scientist and Professor Emeritus of Harvard University, who propounded the concept of

Press release
The following joint statement was issued to the press after meeting of the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral Federations/Associations on 15th May 2025
The Platform of Central Trade Unions defers Nation-wide General Strike to 9th July, 2025
The meeting of the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral Federations/Associations was held on 15th May 2025 in New Delhi to review the preparatory activities for the countrywide (…)

PRESS RELEASE
Feminists from India and Pakistan Issue Urgent Call for Peace and Dialogue

[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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The Scam That Shook a Nation: The Nagarwala Scandal
by Prakash Patra, Rasheed Kidwai
HarperCollins India
Pages: xi + 263; Price: Rs 399
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It is a story that has been told, literally, a million times. But when Prakash Patra and Rahseed Kidwai, two extremely capable journalists, recap the story with their penchant for thorough research, it becomes a book you just cannot put down.
The sensational incident which the book (…)