Meg Mason on Sorrow and Bliss, Reading and AI
Frontlineby Bhavya Dore·19d ago
Meg Mason is a New Zealand-born, Sydney-based writer whose second novel, Sorrow and Bliss, became an international bestseller and was nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2022.
Juvenile Homes in India: Security Over Rehabilitation?
Frontlineby Shruti Jain·20d ago
In July this year, four juveniles at a juvenile observation home in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur escaped, allegedly after killing the watchman on duty.
Ambedkar, śrāddha, and the gendered continuity of caste
Frontlineby Sumit Baudh·20d ago
Every year, in the fortnight before the new moon of Ashwin, Hindu families across the country perform śrāddha, the ritual offering of food to deceased ancestors.
Power Play | Idle worship
Frontlineby Anand Mishra AI Summary·20d ago
Dear Reader, This week, two stories nudged me to think about the unusual Indian habit of turning politicians into gods, and gods into politicians.
UAPA and the Six-Year Delay in Umar Khalid’s Trial
Frontlineby M A Baby·21d ago
On September 13, 2026, Umar Khalid completed six years in Tihar Jail. Not one prosecution witness has been examined. There is a particular kind of silence that settles over a case like Umar’s.
How Vaishno Devi projects left Reasi farmers fighting for compensation
Frontlineby Ashutosh Sharma AI Summary·21d ago
Kashmir Chand’s two-room tin-roofed house stands on an 18-marla (1 marla=272.25 square feet) plot in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, about 35 kilometres from the renowned Vaishno Devi shrine...
RSS at 100: Christophe Jaffrelot on Hindutva’s Long Social Project
Frontlineby Abhish K Bose·21d ago
The RSS turned 100 last year, having grown from a small organisation in Nagpur into a vast network of shakhas and affiliated bodies spread across India.
Periyar's Own Speeches Reveal a Radical Anti-Caste Politics—and its Limits for Dalits
Frontlineby Aarthi Murali·21d ago
Caste and the Crisis of Dignity: Periyar E.V. Ramasamy Speaks at Caste Association Meetings and Caste Abolition Conferences is for the curious reader, of whichever political persuasion, who is...
Punjab Deras: Faith, Caste, and Electoral Politics
Frontlineby Ronki Ram·21d ago
Dera, being a Punjabi, Sindhi, Dogri, Kutchi, Saraiki, and Gujarati word, draws its etymological lineage from the Persian word derah or dirah, with variations such as dehra, dero, daro, dhoro...
Kavita Deuskar and the Making of Modern Deccani Art
Frontlineby Srinayani Lankala·21d ago
In the arrival hall of the Hyderabad airport, there is a small gallery showcasing the city’s artists.
Industry definition ruling raises concerns over labour rights
Frontlineby T K Rajalakshmi AI Summary·21d ago
The wafer-thin 5:4 majority ruling by a nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court calling for the revision of the term “industry” has drawn the ire of trade unions and Left parties.
Modi at BRICS 2026: Between US Ties and China’s Rise
Frontlineby Aditya Sinha AI Summary·21d ago
Some in BRICS unofficially suspect Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being a Trojan horse. They believe that US President Donald Trump has excessive sway over Modi, which may or may not be linked to...
How Modi’s BJP Reduced the RSS to a Minor Actor
Frontlineby Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay·22d ago
With the Hindu festival of Vijaya Dashami weeks away, all eyes and ears tracking the RSS and its innumerable affiliates are focussed on Reshimbagh Ground, where RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat...
The Frontline Fortnightly | AI's atom bomb moment?
Frontlineby Jinoy Jose P AI Summary·22d ago
Dear reader, Late in 1944, a Polish physicist named Joseph Rotblat packed his bags and left Los Alamos, the Manhattan Project’s laboratory and the birthplace of the atomic bomb.
Tamil Nadu bypolls to test TVK’s rise and AIADMK’s strength
Frontlineby R K Radhakrishnan AI Summary·22d ago
Political calculations in Tamil Nadu will be reworked by mid-morning of October 9, as the results of two significant byelections (scheduled for October 6) will be known by then.
Indian Advertising’s Past, Present and AI-Powered Future
Frontlineby Ramakrishna Desiraju·22d ago
A few days ago, a friend shared some pictures from our college days on a WhatsApp group. I was struck by how we were all in trousers. Not a pair of jeans in sight.
Street Vendors and the Right to a Just City
Frontlineby Raji Srinivasan·22d ago
In July, Bengaluru cleared many footpaths under the “Safe Footpath Campaign”, with the worthy goal of enhanced pedestrian safety.
How patriarchy shapes Indian cities
Frontlineby Sneha Visakha·23d ago
On August 22, while speaking with a young woman at a political meeting for women students in Pune, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, commented that “roads are controlled...
Right to Walk: Why Footpaths Need More Than a Ruling
Frontlineby Faizan Mustafa; Aashank Dwivedi·23d ago
“I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least, sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly...
Small towns are reshaping India’s urbanisation
Frontlineby Partha Mukhopadhyay; Marie-Helene Zerah·23d ago
There is a lot of chatter now in India about urbanisation. It is now seen as one of the key transformations on the way to “Viksit Bharat”. But what exactly is this process of urbanisation?
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