Opinion
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232Is the legacy of Kashmiri poets diminishing, or are we losing the readers?
Kashmir has a long and rich tradition of poetry. From Lal Ded and Sheikh-ul-Alam to Habba Khatoon, Mahjoor, Rasool Mir and, in...
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299A critical analysis of Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Ambition, power and guilt
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the most famous tragedies in English literature. The play tells the story of Macbeth, a brave...
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458A book of silence, longing and souls: Reviewing ‘The Book Shop of Tehran’
Maria Jan’s self-published novel explores love, mysticism, surrender and the unseen connections between souls, while occasionally leaving the material world too far...
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362The devastating weight of guilt in Albert Camus’ ‘The Fall’
Through the confession of a fallen Parisian lawyer, Camus forces readers to confront vanity, cowardice and the uncomfortable distance between the ideals...
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332How physics makes a cricket ball swing, deceive batters and change matches
“The ball leaves the bowler’s hand looking ordinary. Half a second later, it has betrayed the batter, bent through the air, clipped...
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379Two lives, one nation: How Nehru and Bose diverged without abandoning India’s cause
Rudrangshu Mukherjee’s book examines the friendship, disagreements and shared nationalism of two of India’s most consequential leaders. In contemporary discussions of pre-independent...
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428The hundredth cardiac: At the edge of mortality, a doctor confronts what remains
From the violence of breaking ribs to the strange silence after a pulse returns, one doctor confronts how repeated encounters with death...
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491A woman’s choice of husband does not excuse a man’s abuse
Two women from different generations reveal how love, betrayal, domestic violence and social pressure can turn marriage into a place of fear...
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478An inheritance called Kashmir: The valley that lived as memory inside Manto
Kashmiri diaspora spread across the plains of Punjab carried the memory of the Valley from one generation to the next. Though Saadat...
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454From reflection to responsibility: On moving beyond good intentions
Public service cannot remain the exclusive responsibility of the government. While the State has the constitutional duty to provide law and order,...
