Fiction: Madhusudan’s life changes when he encounters Amir, a mysterious revolutionary, in Germany
Scroll.inby Devki Pande·26d ago
A week into the journey and the experience of sailing away had eroded Madhusudan’s anguish about the shoes. There was far too much happening for him to dwell on it.
‘Country's soul is its pluralism': Owaisi slams Amit Shah's remarks on UCC in 21 NDA-ruled states before 2029
Hindustan Timesby HT News Desk·26d ago
‘Country's soul is its pluralism': Owaisi slams Amit Shah's remarks on UCC in 21 NDA-ruled states before 2029 AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said the UCC was not about equality, and accused the BJP...
Israel asks to revoke 'Naza' filmmakers' citizenship over Gaza
The Siasat Dailyby Sakina Fatima·26d ago
Israel’s Culture Minister Miki Zohar on Monday, September 14, asked the Interior Ministry to examine whether the Israeli citizenship of filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor can be revoked over...
What It Was Like to Know Gloria Steinem
Timeby Ai-jen Poo·26d ago
I was a 33-year-old organizer when I first met Gloria Steinem in 2007. Despite being a women’s studies major in college, I had not fully grasped Gloria’s role in supporting grassroots women's...
Urvashi’s Aasha is refreshing because its women are allowed to be complicated
The News Minuteby Sukanya Shaji·26d ago
Cinema has rarely allowed women the complexity of being human. Female characters are most often expected to be virtuous, predictable, and ideal.
800,000 have applied for citizenship to microstate crypto haven
Mail Onlineby Isabella Machin·26d ago
- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source More than 800,000 people are hoping to move to a self-proclaimed crypto micronation called 'Liberland' that is on a patch of muddy...
How much is a human worth? Nigeria’s growing kidnapping economy | African Arguments
African Argumentsby Goktug Caliskan·26d ago
How much is a human worth? Nigeria’s growing kidnapping economy On 21 August, armed men entered a mosque in Dekara village in Niger State while Friday prayers were underway.
Goal of good governance can't be met if there is no public trust: Adityanath
ThePrintby PTI·26d ago
Lucknow, Sep 14 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said the greatest strength of democracy lies in the trust an ordinary citizen places in any constitutional institution.
When managers of social clubs continue to run our economy, By Uddin Ifeanyi
Premium Timesby Ifeanyi Uddin·26d ago
The spectacle of a senior adviser on economics to the Tinubu government dissing the numbers on the economy issued by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) offered far more lessons than the first...
The Need For Roots? - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby Martin Butler·26d ago
by Martin Butler Rootedness, says Simone Weil, …is perhaps the most important and least known human spiritual need. It is one of the hardest to define.
Good Muslim Artist, Bad Muslim Artist
Hyperallergicby Hyperallergic·26d ago
After Mahmood Mamdani published Good Muslim, Bad Muslim in 2004, artist Naeem Mohaiemen immediately recognized himself after 9/11 in its pages.
The High Cost of Winning a Michelin Star
Timeby Tulasi Srinivas·26d ago
Two out of every five Michelin-starred restaurants close their doors within a few years of receiving the honor, a statistic so counterintuitive that it forces us to ask what, precisely, the star...
It’s not just screen time: kids are bombarded by hectic media | Aeon Essays
Aeonby Natalia Kucirkova·26d ago
Listen to this essay 19 minute listen I am at the airport gate waiting to depart, watching passengers hurry past with rolling suitcases and paper cups of coffee.
How the Iran War Forced the Gulf to Rethink Its Security
Timeby H.A. Hellyer·26d ago
Showing up at a funeral matters everywhere, but especially in the Arab world and the wider Middle East.
Grit Isn’t Good Enough, According to the Author of “Grit”
The New Yorkerby Meghan O’Gieblyn·26d ago
What the weak-willed lack in discipline, they make up for in ingenuity. Although the story of Odysseus binding himself to the mast to resist the Sirens’ song may belong to the mythical imagination...
God’s Eye View lets you play at being the CIA – it’s not a game, but you will feel like you are part of one
The Escapistby Paul McNally·27d ago
There is a point, shortly after firing up God’s Eye View for the first time, where you begin to wonder whether you should actually be allowed to have this.
what we learned: modes of habitation
design archivesby Iñaki Laguardia·27d ago
WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE REHEARSE AT HOME? When Sofia Lekka Angelopoulou opened MODES OF HABITATION, she asked, ‘what if the home is where we first rehearse the world we want, in miniature, before...
The Art of Holding Things Together by Holding Them Apart - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby River Lerner·27d ago
A collage essay by River Lerner A dam and a corset share a certain poetry. The opposing forces along their walls grant function: not only to contain or boundary, but to harness difference.
How Martin Luther King, Jr. Used Nietzsche, Hegel & Kant to Overturn Segregation in America
Open Cultureby OC·27d ago
The influence of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel on the revolutionary philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is well known.
In cosmopolitan Berlin, elections still closed to foreigners
DW Englishby Ben Knight·27d ago
Abdu Taviq, an Egyptian software developer, ended up in Germany's capital more or less by chance seven years ago. "I wouldn't say I chose Berlin," he told DW.
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