violence

For a Piece of Land

Aanchal Bansal

As Saharanpur becomes another communal flashpoint in Uttar Pradesh, we follow the fault lines in a still volatile town

A Violent Music

From drinking goat blood to worshipping Satan, the story of Indian metal bands and how they have mellowed in recent times

The Divide and the Design

Rahul Pandita

The violence in Kishtwar bears the signs of an orchestrated plan to create a Kashmir Valley-like situation in this part of Jammu

The Case for Porn

Madhavankutty Pillai

A writ petition to make watching porn a non-bailable offence has got everything upside down

An Abduction That Changed Assamese Literature

Aruni Kashyap

Writer Indira Goswami made a significant literary contribution to Assam’s peace process. It was through her efforts that writing by militants, initially shunned by the people, gained a central place in the Assamese imagination

The Crumbling Ground

Tridip Suhrud

Ananya Vajpeyi’s book Righteous Republic is a reminder of the moral quest that set the tone of the freedom movement, of leaders whose lifelong aim was to deny violence legitimacy. Sadly, our political parties have seceded from this moral realm