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Editors Guild condemns denial of passport, voting right to former ‘The Telegraph’ editor
The Editors Guild of India on Sunday condemned the manner in which R Rajagopal, a former editor of The Telegraph, was “being treated by the bureaucracy that gets to decide who is an Indian citizen and who is not”. On Saturday, Rajagopal said that he had been removed as a voter in West Bengal during…
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Chinkaras could lose habitat to climate change, says study
The Indian gazelle, also known as chinkara, found across the subcontinent’s drylands, carries a quiet sense of security. Protected under Schedule I of India’s Wildlife Protection Act and listed under the least concern category by the IUCN, it is not an obvious candidate for a conservation crisis. However, a new study published in the Journal…
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‘My questions were affected by fiction’: Carlo Ginzburg (1939-2026), pioneer in microhistory
Carlo Ginzburg was an Italian historian and one of the founders of the field of microhistory. His interest ranged from the Italian Renaissance to early modern European history, with contributions to art history, literary studies, and the theory of historiography. A few of his best known works are The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos…
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CJP protest: Activist Sonam Wangchuk begins hunger strike in Delhi
Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday began a hunger strike at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar where the Cockroach Janta Party has been holding a protest since June 20. The protesters are demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged mismanagement in the conduct of competitive exams. Hundreds of protesters gathered at the site on…
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Venezuela quake toll rises to 1,430
The toll from the twin powerful earthquakes in Venezuela increased to 1,430 on Saturday, AFP reported. At least 68,900 persons were missing as of Saturday, AP reported. On Friday, the toll was 920 with more than 3,300 persons injured. The two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck the South American country on Wednesday. Videos…
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Sunday book pick: In ‘Diary of a Void’, a fake pregnancy brings unexpected benefits at the workplace
“He’d filled the cups to the brim, and a client had ended up with hot coffee all over his shirt. Higashinakano had been forbidden to serve the coffee ever again. How lucky for him, I thought. No one had ever suggested I even take a break from it.” Until now, pregnancy and motherhood have been…
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US, Iran continue to exchange strikes in Gulf, accuse each other of violating peace deal
The United States and Iran on Saturday continued to carry out strikes in the Gulf region, with both countries accusing the other of violating an interim peace deal signed less than two weeks ago, Reuters reported. The US Central Command said it carried out strikes on multiple targets in Iran, claiming that they were in…
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Name changing in India: From decolonisation to neo-colonialism?
Seventy nine years after Independence, most colonial names have been wiped clean in Mumbai. So when Maharashtra minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha found one that was still intact and proposed that the municipal King Edward Memorial Hospital be rechristened, there really shouldn’t have been much of a debate. “The name King Edward represents colonial rule,” Lodha…
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Bengaluru T2’s tropical aesthetic is out of place – a bit like the ‘Garden City’ moniker
Bengaluru Airport’s newly renovated, much-discussed Terminal-2 features lush landscaping that draws on the city’s heritage as a “garden city” to brand itself the “terminal in a garden”. The ambitious plans for the green spaces developed by the UK- and Singapore-based landscape architecture firm Grant Associates make nature ubiquitous in the experience of the airport. Nature…
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‘Unfolding’: Rahul Singh’s novel presents unpretentious love in queer and working-class lives
Can only someone who identifies as queer write a queer novel? This question came up during a recent Juhu Reads conversation with Rahul Singh, author of Unfolding. It is a familiar debate in discussions on representation and authorship, and one that feels especially relevant today. With India’s Parliament passing the Transgender Bill in March 2026…