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How Hindutva groups in the US have adopted the strategies of White supremacists and Zionists

Hindutva groups in the US are making false claims of widespread Hinduphobia, in an attempt to ‘compete’ with Islamophobia and antisemitism.

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India is counting pastoral livestock for the first time in history

Pastoralists and community leaders celebrate this as a milestone for their rights and recognition. But, they say, it is only a first step.

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Recommendations in ‘one nation, one election’ report ‘flawed’: Ex-poll commissioner SY Quraishi

Holding panchayat polls separately contradicts the essence of simultaneous elections, and poses significant financial and logistical hurdles, Quraishi said.

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Urdu schools left in lurch by CBSE decision to allow board exams in only English, Hindi

The educational institutions operate under the Maulana Azad National Urdu University in Hyderabad, Haryana’s Nuh and Bihar’s Darbhanga districts.

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Pakistan’s great firewall could scuttle struggling tech sector

Tech entrepreneurs and experts worry about the industry’s future as they fear being cut off from the world.

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‘The Big Book of Odia Literature’ packages Odisha’s rich and diverse literary heritage effectively

The anthology is organised into four sections: Poetry, Short Stories, Plays, and Essays, with each receiving thoughtful attention.

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Behind the re-run of Satyajit Ray’s ‘Mahanagar’, a marble-to-magic journey

RD Bansal produced the 1963 classic – the first of six films he made with the Bengali master.

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From the memoir: What did partying wildly at Ibiza have to do with Alok Sama joining Softbank?

An excerpt from ‘The Money Trap: Grand Fortunes and Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble’, by Alok Sama.

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