Halfway through 2024 the world got to an unspeakable, unwritable place. Israel’s orgiastic genocide of the Palestinians. Malignant capitalism. Murderous misogyny. Poisoned politics. It was literally beyond words. The ethical bankruptcy of power everywhere short-circuited my vocabulary into a charred and smoking ruin. Since I process dark, smelly feelings by articulating them, wordlessness only made… Read More Mitali Saran: Power and the nothingburger
The international legal order is in shambles. But from the ruins of impunity and lawbreaking, a group of nations is working to enforce accountability. Varsha Gandikota On Monday, the UN general assembly’s high-level meetings opened to news that Washington had drawn up sanctions against the international criminal court, targeting its bank accounts, software, insurers and… Read More Israel and the US have battered the international legal order. The impunity must stop
Humour and knowledge are the two great hopes of civilisation: Konrad Lorenz Bharat Bhushan The Narendra Modi regime, carefully constructed as an unassailable fortress of absolute power, has suddenly begun to look permeable. Two new developments challenge the desired image of seamless centralisation. One is the weakening of social prohibitions against mocking Modi in public,… Read More Indore laughter and ECI leaks are signs of breaches in Narendra Modi’s fortress
It’s not just screen time: the problem with children’s media is that it has become relentlessly hectic, loud and bright Natalia Kucirkova Iam at the airport gate waiting to depart, watching passengers hurry past with rolling suitcases and paper cups of coffee. A small boy sits very still beside his mother. He holds an iPad… Read More The bombarding of childhood
CEC Gyanesh Kumar और चुनाव आयुक्तों के मतभेदों का खुलासा करने वाली Ritika Chopra ने बताया SIR का सच! SIR यानी मतदाता सूची के विशेष गहन पुनरीक्षण को लेकर चुनाव आयोग के भीतर कथित मतभेद की खबर सुर्खियों में है। ‘द इंडियन एक्सप्रेस’ की रिपोर्ट में दावा किया गया कि चुनाव आयुक्त सुखबीर सिंह संधू… Read More CEC Gyanesh Kumar और चुनाव आयुक्तों के मतभेदों का खुलासा करने वाली Ritika Chopra ने बताया SIR का सच!
Amar Kanwar’s film installations at London’s Serpentine North gallery Martin Robinson Amar Kanwar, The Peacock’s Graveyard, 2023. (Film still) Digital video installation, 7 screens, dimensions variable, 28 mins, 16 sec. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery. This is a transcendent show full of revelations, the kind of show that could change your life… Read More Amar Kanwar: This exhibition will change your life, if you let it
Do spiritual seeking and social justice go together?Can the power of poems, stories and ideas be silenced?What does the mystic’s call to ‘give up your head’ truly mean? The Kabir Project brings you the story of an 18th century Sufi from Sindh, unraveling many questions for our times. Join us for an intimate evening of storytelling,… Read More Kabir Project brings you Gulshan-e-Armaan, Delhi September 2026
It’s something akin to a quiet earthquake: home nations jointly declaring their wish to be freed from English domination. A big move needs a big response Simon Jenkins Monday must have been a historical first. Never before have three of the four “nations” of the United Kingdom jointly demanded freedom to vote for its dissolution.… Read More Slowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed Stephanie Convery Sometimes books tell you more than the content,” says Tim White, as he lines up carefully dust-jacketed books and pamphlets in plastic sleeves on temporary shelves in Melbourne University’s Wilson Hall. He’s… Read More Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Patrick Wintour n a 1965 speech justifying the war in Vietnam, Lyndon B Johnson argued that the goal was to ensure “every country can shape its own destiny” since only in such a world could the US secure its own freedom. However, he also admitted “such were infirmities of man that force must often precede… Read More Could Trump’s Iran ‘excursion’ be a bigger global turning point than Vietnam?
