Maharashtra

Female Qazis: Raising the Bar

Lhendup G Bhutia

India’s pioneering female qazis are pushing for a gender-neutral interpretation of Muslim law

Aurangabad Farmer: ‘Let Me Die’

Omkar Khandekar

Driven to desperation by debt, an Aurangabad farmer seeks government permission to kill himself

Lavani: Breaking the Taboo

Divya Unny

Lavani performers go mainstream

Call of the Apes

Vivek Menon

Indian primates are in urgent need of conservationist attention

A Meeting of Fearful Minds

Madhavankutty Pillai

The tactical assault on movies in the war with Pakistan

Pakistani Actors: The Usual Suspects

Madhavankutty Pillai

On Pakistani actors in Bollywood being targeted by the MNS

The Maratha-Dalit Divide

Haima Deshpande

Angry Marathas voice their anger against Dalits

Beware the Cow Boys and Girls

Haima Deshpande

Cow vigilantes come in all shades—from a man who maintains peace with Muslim neighbours to a woman who gave up a glamorous career for it

Dalit: The Overcomers

Kumar Anshuman

A warmer Dalit story beyond the familiar narrative of discrimination, dispossession and brutalisation. Open portrays lives that have turned adversity into opportunity

Foreign Superfoods: The Global Gut

Madhavankutty Pillai

It is not surpising that foreign superfoods like chia and quinoa are now being grown on Indian soil. Just under half of what the country eats has its origins elsewhere