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Jai Bhim Comrade: Unraveling the truth about casteism in India

By Christine Machado

We pride ourselves on being citizens of a country that is thought to be progressing in all spheres and well on the course toward eradicating all social evils. But well-known documentary film maker Anand Patwardhan, through a 200-minute-long documentary on the lives of Dalits that was 14 years in the making, presents an entirely different image portraying the stark reality as it is.

I never ask for it

By Rajnandini Ghosh

It was 5 p.m. on March 8, 2008, in Calcutta, and I was standing amid a host of unknown faces in front of New Empire Cinemas. The crowd at New Market was growing by the minute.

By Uzmi Athar

Shabana handed me tabrruk (a small packet of food believed to be imbued with the blessings of the Prophet’s grandson Hazrat Hussein) and sherbet. She makes it for the guests who visit her family during Muharram.

Test cricket faces the test of time

By Rutvick Mehta

Cricket’s most traditional format, test cricket, is facing a crisis of survival as it is rapidly losing its popularity among people in India, especially youth.

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Captive of the corporation

By Deepashri Varadharajan

“LOL. It was a lot of fun—especially the lunghi guy!” Rutvick, a fellow student, wrote in an SMS he sent me, recalling the events of last Tuesday.

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Strawberry Fields music fest marred
by Orwellian security measures

By Christopher Isaac

The National Law School of India University celebrated the 15th edition of its annual music fest, Strawberry Fields, Friday through Sunday at its campus, with the usual plethora of rock bands from across India
blowing the crowd’s minds out.

By Arkodeepto Mukherjee

The world’s biggest derby—in terms of crowd-pulling potential, at least—
takes place in India between Mohun Bagan AC and East Bengal Football Club.
Mohun Bagan, formed in 1889 and the oldest football club in Asia, started its journey by beating the British club East Yorkshire Regiment in 1911.

Looted from the house of God

By Rajnandini Ghosh

.Since morning the sky had been overcast. A cool breeze was blowing. It seemed like just the right weather to go for a short trek. It was a Sunday—the only day of the week in Indian Institute of Journalism & New Media when we have time to breathe. I put on my walking shoes, applied sunscreen lotion and left hostel with a backpack stuffed with water and something to munch on.
It took me about an hour to reach the hilltop.

By Dipika Pillay

With the Sankranti festival just around the corner, colorful kites are set to adorn the skies. But, manja kite string makers in the city are facing a tough time as cheaper Chinese nylon thread is robbing them of their livelihoods.

Far from home, far from help

By Ankita Lath