By Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal
MCQ tests are based on the assumption that the answers to the particular queries are final, ultimate and categorical; there is no going beyond those assumptions of the paper-setter. This over-simplification may sound like a death knell for further research as the very foundation of research is the questioning of the orthodox knowledge.
By Fahad Hashmi
A good number of friends including myself have noticed that people stare at you while you are reading stuffs written in Urdu script in Metros and at other public spaces in the national capital. The ‘gaze’ is always suspicious and intimidating.
By Faizaan Bhat
India has made Kashmir, what John Walls Cushnahan, the European Union’s Head of Ad-hoc Delegation on Kashmir, said when he visited the Valley in 2002, “A Beautiful Prison”.
By Sadiq Zafar
With crumbling and decaying sewage infrastructure, unchecked sewer outfalls and haphazard informal growth, violation of environmental norms and encroachment on the floodplain, Yamuna still struggles to find a place in the city’s imagination.
By Yasir Altaf Zargar
It happens only in Kashmir where a father shoulders his son’s coffin. It only happens in Kashmir, where the old live while the young offering resistance against illegal occupation are killed.
By Nadira Khan
Though the film is based on the American sport comedy, Happy Gilmore, the melodramatic tamasha between the rich and poor reaches a level of idiocy and becomes a source of laughter.
By Samreen Sultan
Since the way women and men live their lives differs, urban planning may well deepen inequalities, if gender differences are not recognised and taken into account in plans and projects.
By Ashish Singh
Two different but quite successful models of Community Radio Stations in India – the first one is Deccan Development Society’s Radio Sangham at Pastapur village of Medak district, Telangana and second Mumbai University’s campus community radio, MUST Radio – have been presented in this study.
By Nishi Pulugurtha
Today I tried to walk her in the morning and found her very unsteady. She prefers to sit down most of the time. I realise that she does not feel fit enough to get up and walk. Just hoping that she continues the walk, maybe not the way she did it before, but a small, little walk, a few steps at a time.
By Adil Bhat
In the screenplay, the immigrant and indigenous idiosyncratic lives vividly reflect the social realities of the time – ambiguous and dark.
By Sadiq Zafar
Historically Cochin has witnessed many foreign invasions including Portuguese, Dutch, and British. And to experience this cultural confluence, tourists from across the globe flock to the city in large numbers. Meandering lanes bifurcate the waterfront leading to Mattancherry, a residential area on the fringes of Cochin.
By Tikuli
I breathe deeply, eyes closed,
inhale the aromas that we once shared,
the crackling warmth of wood stove,
the tang of our salt-laced bodies.
Cafe Dissensus Everyday 