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Kolkata was not a backdrop in Mani Shankar Mukherjee's writing. It was pulse and temperature.

Mani Shankar Mukherjee: The keeper of Chowringhee has checked out but the doors he opened remain ajar

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

23 Feb 2026

6 min read

Mark Tully belonged to a generation of correspondents who believed that the first duty of journalism was not to be interesting, but to be right.

Mark Tully: The man who taught me and countless Indians how to listen

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

25 Jan 2026

6 min read

Demonstrator wearing an oxygen mask protests demanding government action to reduce air pollution in New Delhi.

Delhi's poisoned air and the failure of Indian environmentalism

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

22 Dec 2025

5 min read

Gokhale’s book traces the life of a woman who refuses to be confined by the expectations of her time.

Shadows on the ghats: Unlike Kalidasa's heroine, this Shakuntala has no patience for waiting

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

31 Oct 2025

4 min read

Image of the Lok Sabha used for representational purposes.

When absence speaks louder than presence: Muslim women and India’s Parliament

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

15 Oct 2025

5 min read

Listen to Pandit Chhannulal Mishra's rendering of “Jiya Lage Na” and you will hear not grandeur but a confessional hush. His was a voice that sounded private even on a stage of thousands.

Pandit Chhannulal Mishra (1936–2025): A voice that carried Banaras

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

03 Oct 2025

5 min read

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