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In Photos: How Goa Celebrates Diwali With the Symbolic Slaying of Narakasura
To mark Krishna's slaying of the Asura king, effigies of the demon king are stuffed with firecrackers and burnt at dawn.
Culture
Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Harnesses Poe to Address the US’s Opioid Crisis
A modern tribute to Edgar Allan Poe’s body of work, the Netflix series delivers a murderous yet somewhat cathartic fall of a pharmaceutical empire.
Live Wire
How a Bengali Book Series Is Attempting to Make Partition History ‘Real’ for Children
Live Wire
LOTR: Rings of Power – A Quick Guide to Middle-Earth Before You Watch the Show
Live Wire
Knockin’ on Hospital Doors – But Is Anyone Listening?
Live Wire
In College, KK Sang Only Western Music, But Then Began to Appreciate Indian Music Too
Live Wire
An Open Letter to Students Attending PM Modi’s ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’
Live Wire
On LiveWire’s Third Anniversary, A Note
Culture
'Rockumentary': A Ballad to Indian Rock Seven Years in the Making
'Rockumentary: Evolution of Indian Rock', slated for theatrical release this week, digs into decades worth of stories to chronicle how the independent music scene in Indian has reached where it has today.
Live Wire
Bad Romance: Netflix’s ‘Malcolm & Marie’ is a Triggering, Toxic Abuse Fest
Culture
Unshackling Kabul From Cliches: An Interview With Author Taran Khan
Taran N. Khan's ‘Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul’ won the 2020 Tata Literature Live! first book award in the non-fiction category.
Live Wire
Boys Will Be Boys, If We Stay Silent About ‘Locker Room’ Talk
Economy
Indian Ocean Gives a Rock Spin to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's 'Akhiyan Udeek Diyan'
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has his own slice of rock n' roll history as well.
Media
#RightSideUp: Maharashtra's Flip-Flops, Unsolicited Advice for India's LGBT Community
A weekly round-up of voices from the right.
Media
#RightSideUp: A Tale of Two Universities, 'Hindu Guilt'
A weekly round-up of voices from the right.
Media
#RightSideUp: Ayodhya, Judgment Day
A weekly round-up of voices from the right.
Media
Tables Turn on Twitter's Hindutva Warriors, and It's the BJP Doing the Strong-Arming
BJP leaders have sought to delete content at saffron handles that is critical of the party, even as right-leaning websites that usually decry online censorship look the other way.
Media
#RightSideUp: Bonds of Silence, 'Civilisational Justice', 'Vegetarian Manifesto'
A weekly round-up of voices from the right.
Interview: 'To Be a Woman in This World Is to Cope with with Some Form of Violence'
Set in New Delhi, Damyanti Biswas' 'You Beneath Your Skin' debut crime thriller delves deep into a dirty and realistic world of misogyny, corruption, poverty and acid attacks.
Media
#RightSideUp: India's Merry Mood, Aarey Protests, ‘Reactionary Right vs Vikas Right’
A weekly round-up of voices from the right.
