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There is a particular sound that libraries used to make. It was not silence, not exactly. It was the sound of pages turning, chairs creaking, someone clearing their throat before asking the librarian for a title...
In the winter of 2023, a government primary school in a tribal block of Madhya Pradesh shut its gates for the last time. There were no protests, no headlines, no ministerial statement. A teacher locked the...
China’s 17 Minutes That Could Change Global Energy Forever
Walk through any conversation about the 21st century and someone will eventually say it belongs to Asia. Fair enough. But strip away the sentimentality...
Assam Floods: When a National Tragedy Becomes an Annual Ritual
When the floodwaters rise in Assam, so does the nation’s conscience—for a few days. Television channels broadcast heartbreaking images, Politicians announce relief packages, Rescue...
Mainstream TV Media Has Lost the Plot. The Cockroaches Have Won
I watched something remarkable happen this June and July. Thousands of Gen Z protesters, wearing cockroach masks, gathered at Jantar Mantar in Delhi under...
Antonio Gramsci Was Right About Indian Media Before Anyone Noticed
There is a certain theatre to Indian mainstream media today.
Anchors shout so that no one has to think.
Panels are arranged so that disagreement looks...
CJP Protest: The Government Must Shift From Control to Communication
Leadership is not measured by how effectively dissent is contained. Leadership is measured by how sincerely dissent is heard. Silence creates rumours. Rumours create...
Why India’s Best Minds Are Fleeing the Teaching Profession
India likes to call itself a nation on the rise, a young country with the world's largest pool of college going students, a country...
Pakistan’s Silent Civil War Is Louder Than Its Cricket Team
Pakistan was built on one idea. Religion would hold together a country that geography, language and ethnicity never agreed to hold together.
79 years later,...
India Wants Singapore’s Passport Rank With Vietnam Tarmac Behaviour
For a country that likes to describe itself as a rising power, India's passport tells a strange story. In 2006, the Indian passport stood...
Who Really Profits When Indian Traders and Investors Lose ₹1 Lakh Crore
India likes to tell itself a story.
The story goes like this: we are the fastest growing large economy in the world, our stock market...
Cabinet Reshuffle or Content Reshuffle? How India’s Media Is Turning Speculation Into ‘Breaking News’
Every time whispers of a possible Union Cabinet reshuffle emerge, something entirely predictable happens. Not inside the corridors of power—but inside television studios, YouTube...
Every Forced Hug at a Family Party Teaches a Child to Stay Quiet
I want to start with a number that should stop every reader in their tracks. In 2024, India registered 187,702 crimes against children, an...
Entrepreneurs, Not Exams, Will Save India’s Next Decade
On 26 January 2022, a group of young men in Gaya, Bihar, set a passenger train on fire. Over the next 3 days, similar...