Religion The trouble with a nicer Ravan
At the Los Angeles premiere of Ramayana on 27 October, Sai Pallavi, who plays Devi Sita in Nitesh Tiwari’s film, was asked what she hoped...
Akanksha Singh Raghuvanshi
Akanksha Singh Raghuvanshi writes on history, culture and politics, with a clear focus on preserving authentic narratives and challenging distortions.
Religion 
Culture The sound of a qawwali for Bhagwan Ram’s wedding was a choice
Mangal Rang was released on 25 October, eleven days before Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana reaches theatres. It celebrates the union of Bhagwan Ram and Devi Sita...
Religion Blame the rapist, not the Goddess
Every year as Navratri approaches, a familiar set of captions floods social media: “They worship goddesses but rape women.” “Nine days of worship, 365 days...
Politics Why wait for the verdict when there’s a camera?
On 12 October 2026, the INDIA bloc marched on the Supreme Court. Delhi closed entry and exit at six metro stations for it. Rahul and...
Culture Turn it down: Badrinath is not a concert venue
There are some places where silence is not an absence of sound but itself a form of worship. Places where one does not go merely...
Society Jamui was not ‘moral policing’
What exactly does a girl have to do to be allowed to come home safely? Study. Come back before dark. Stay on the main road....
Politics What Rahul Gandhi gets wrong about patriarchy
In the humid evening air of Pune’s AISSMS College ground on 22 August 2026, thousands of young women gathered under the banner of Congress’s “Chhatron...
Culture Being Gen Z isn’t a free pass to do anything
In the high-altitude, strategically sensitive terrain of Ladakh, near the Minimarg checkpoint on the Kargil route, a viral video captured something far more disturbing than...
Religion How India celebrates menstruation
Once every year, at Kamakhya, one of the most profound celebrations of womanhood unfolds. The doors of the temple close. Not because of the disaster....
Religion If rapists and criminals are allowed in temples, why not menstruating women?
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...
