In Depth
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2.0KBook review: Letters to a young poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet is not a typical book with a story, characters, or plot. Instead, it is a collection of...
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1.7KA crisis at sea, and a responsibility at home: Tackling energy shocks with resilience
The Strait of Hormuz may lie thousands of kilometres away from India’s coastline, but its importance is felt in every Indian household...
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2.0KA poison with no antidote: My worst pictures of the year!
During my days as a student of journalism, I once had the opportunity to attend a workshop which, among other things, focused...
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2.5KHow the teachings of Nund Rishi continue to guide Kashmir
In the beautiful valleys of Kashmir, the teachings of Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani (R.A.) continue to inspire people even today. He remains one...
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2.1KWhen a language loses its landscape: Handur and shin mani in Kashmiri language
Ask a young person in the Valley today what the Kashmiri word for “glacier” is, and you will likely get a puzzled...
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2.0KWhat my six-month-old taught me about wonder
On a quiet winter morning in Kashmir, when the cold seeps into the walls and the sky outside looks pale and still,...
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1.9KPrescribed without explanation: A Kashmiri woman’s fertility journey
In Kashmir, a woman does not need to be a certain age for the pressure to begin. Whether she is in her...
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2.4KBeneath Sanskrit and Persian: Tracing the forgotten Dardic kinship between Shina and Kashmiri
While the precise origin of the Kashmiri language remains unclear, it is an indisputable and evident fact that, over the centuries, Kashmiri...
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1.5KThe art of living after wanting to die
Some books do more than tell a story; they challenge the way life itself is viewed, and Veronika Decides to Die is...
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1.8KFrom right to commodity: The neo-liberal remaking of education in India
Amid the Galgotias controversy, the author asks who owns knowledge, tracing debt, data and dispossession in India’s teaching-for-profit education regime. The piece...
