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PM Narendra Modi with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi during a meeting in New Delhi on April 29, 2025.

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Shaji N. Karun in Kochi, 2018. The award-winning Malayalam filmmaker transitioned from Aravindan’s acclaimed cinematographer to distinguished director with Cannes recognition.

Adieu, Shaji N Karun, the chronicler of human suffering

His cinema bore witness to unseen grief, where fathers wait in vain, voices fade to silence, and art becomes the last refuge from history’s cruelties.

C.S. Venkiteswaran

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Despite legal safeguards, the coal project is moving forward, sparking fierce Adivasi resistance and exposing the contradictions in the State government’s development model.

Deocha-Pachami is not development. It’s dispossession in disguise

Framed as progress, the coal project commodifies Adivasi land, flouts forest rights, and replaces dignity with surveillance, fear, and fragile jobs.

The documentary filmmaker says that the appropriation of Ambedkar is taking place, alongside critical thinking and allyship.

Youth are questioning marginalisation and creating art, music, stand-up comedy: Jyoti Nisha

The young Ambedkarite filmmaker, who is out with a new documentary, says she made the film on the Dalit icon because “film is a powerful medium”.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to supporters on stage at his campaign headquarters after the Liberal Party won the Canadian election in Ottawa, Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

Mark Carney rides a Trump-sized wave to power in Canada—but still needs a paddle

Carney’s win sets the stage for a potential reset in Indo-Canada ties, as both countries show readiness to move past recent tensions.

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Former JNU student leader and activist Umar Khalid during an anti-Citizenship Act protest at Red Fort in New Delhi on December 19, 2019. Khalid, along with the activist Gulfisha Fatima and 10 others, has remained incarcerated without bail for over five years, with trial still pending.

Kapil Mishra, Umar Khalid, and the unequal weight of justice

Five years on, the contrast between who is investigated and who is imprisoned tells a deeper story about justice—both in Delhi and across the country.

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Hasdeo Arand and the manufacturing of tribal consent

What Kerala’s temple dress code row reveals about faith, caste, and religious reform

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Spotlight

The former ISRO chairman passed away in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on April 25, 2025. A staunch proponent of self-reliance, he pushed for Indian leadership in cutting-edge technologies, from segmented mirror systems to space science labs.

K. Kasturirangan (1940–2025): Scientist, policymaker, mentor

Annapurni Subramaniam

Somnath Waghmare, director of Chaityabhumi, says if you see academia, cinema, and media, the Ambedkarite movement is growing.

Cinema, media, and academia are highly Brahminical spaces: Somnath Waghmare

A still from Phule. The film, directed by Ananth Mahadevan, predominantly projects the Phule couple as “educators” and shies away from projecting them as radical critiques of different precepts of Hindu dharma.

Phule: A portrayal of compromised radicality

Ananth Mahadevan’s well-meaning biopic converts the fiery anti-caste warriors into gentle reformers, making them multiplex-friendly.

Surajkumar Thube

Women face hardships in their quest to get water from a well for daily use amid water crisis in Borichi Bari village in Peth tehsil of Nashik district, on April 20.

Maharashtra faces water crisis despite record rainfall as Jal Jeevan Mission falters

A view of the Chenab River as India suspends the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan in the wake of the massacre in Pahalgam. The move to suspend the treaty threatens agriculture, ecosystems, and peace in one of the world’s most volatile regions.

The Indus Treaty’s suspension deepens regional faultlines amid climate crisis

Iftikhar Gilani

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