How ISIS has changed international law
Image credit: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Two years ago, virtually no one had heard of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. In a January 2014 New Yorker interview, President Barack Obama dismissed…
Far from being eternal, Bharat Mata is only a little more than 100 years old
At a time when India is being projected as eternal, when the chanting of Bharat Mata ki jai has become a testimony to patriotism and refusal to do so invites…
Remembering Sambha Lamarr, who gave India its literary tryst with Shillong
The Mawphlang Sacred Forest lies on the outskirts of Shillong. It is one of the most peaceful places on earth. On the day we visited, with sunlight slanting through the…
Why two adivasi women and an activist refused to ask for bail in Chhattisgarh
All night on Friday, close to 150 people, mostly Birhor and Gond adivasis, gheraoed the police station at Tamnar block of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh. They were demanding action against…