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Left: The Down Troddence's AYAKTIHIS; Top Right: 'Monsoon In Kannur' is a violent ecological epic; Bottom Right: The music video for 'Ejjathi' features Ku Klux Klan like draped figures

The Down Troddence Is Reimagining Indian Metal As A Site Of Real Political Resistance

27 Feb 2026

4 min read

Falah Faisal’s latest graphic novel, 'Musalman', is a superhero with a sharp, witty, and intelligent commentary on our times

'Musalman': India’s First Muslim Superhero Finally Gets His Own Graphic Novel

20 Apr 2026

5 min read

Left: Illustrated page from a rare 17th-century surviving incomplete copy of handwritten Kristapurana, preserved in the British Library;
Right: The library at the 400-year-old Rachol seminary and a manuscript from there

Krista Purana: The Legacy Of A 17th-Century Marathi-Konkani Retelling Of The Bible

20 Apr 2026

4 min read

A group of college students on a trip with Komban Holidays (Left); A fire show as part of an event by tourist buses (Centre); The skeleton of the Pikachu Holidays bus being assembled (Right)

Roads, Reels, & Revolt: Inside The Wild West That Is Kerala’s Tourist Bus Underground

10 Apr 2026

8 min read

Left: Capture of Bahadur Shah Zafar by William Hodson at Humayun's tomb; Right: King Thibaw, the last king of Burma being exiled to India at the end of the third Anglo-Burmese war in 1885 by the British

The Mirror Exiles Of The Last Mughal Emperor & The Last Burman King

08 Apr 2026

4 min read

A bust of George Harrison near Dhaka University (Left); A poster for the Concert for Bangladesh film (Right)

Revisiting The Complex Legacy Of Ravi Shankar & George Harrison's Concert For Bangladesh

07 Apr 2026

3 min read

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