Books

Amitav Ghosh’s sweeper-woman doesn’t need rescuing

Nandani Khichi - October 14, 2026

In Amitav Ghosh's The Calcutta Chromosome, Elijah Farley visits D. D. Cunningham's laboratory in Calcutta. When Lutchman takes unusually long to return with a...

The forgotten diary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee

Chandravir Dev Pandey - July 29, 2026

This forgotten diary illuminates our understanding of the pre-independence past and makes us ponder the arenas of nationhood and religion. The diary titled ‘Leaves from...

How India celebrates menstruation

Akanksha Singh Raghuvanshi - June 29, 2026

Once every year, at Kamakhya, one of the most profound celebrations of womanhood unfolds. The doors of the temple close. Not because of the...

If rapists and criminals are allowed in temples, why not menstruating women?

Akanksha Singh Raghuvanshi - June 23, 2026

If rapists and criminals are allowed in temples, why not menstruating women? I am sure most of us have come across this line at some...

How did the Muslims justify the destruction of Hindu temples

Akanksha Singh Raghuvanshi - May 26, 2026

In his celebrated historical work Kitab al-Yamini, Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad al Jabbarul-Utbi, who served as the secretary to Mahmud of Ghazni, provides...