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Indian society

A Yearning Against Efficiency

Madhavankutty Pillai

On the peculiar opposition to 10-minute food delivery

The Lightness of Dissent

Shilpa Gupta’s immersive works interrogate censorship and celebrate language

Nagraj Manjule: The Troubadour of Our Times

Nagraj Manjule’s third feature film is yet another sharp critique of upper-caste oppression, establishing him as the truthteller of Marathi cinema and beyond

Pitch Perfect

A unique contest in the social sector shows the potential of good storytelling in philanthropy

An Inconvenient Truth

The forced migration of Kashmiri Pandits, for long kept out of the national narrative, is finally becoming visible and gaining the attention of the rest of India

The Unexpected Happy Ending

What the career of the new Mumbai police commissioner says about the Indian system

We Were Bereft. As Daughters. And As Citizens

A journalist’s personal, yet universal, grief during the pandemic

The White Swan

The film Gangubai Kathiawadi wants to valorise sex workers on the margins of society but its morality is confused

How Indians View Gender Roles

A new survey reveals a society divided between tradition and modernity

Amitabh Bachchan: National Coach

Who better than the grand patriarch of Bollywood to make caste visible and audible in his new film?

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