The spoils of war quivering with life are emptied of meaning because people who infused them with meaning are not around any longer.

The law must arbiter between our mutual prejudices. It must be above what limits us.

Today we are facing a revivalist moment in our political history, ironically, as a free nation. It is a defeatist hangover of history to create a wedge between what we named and what named us. We adopted these names for centuries out of a spirit we call Indian, or Bharatiya.

The teacher in Muzaffarnagar was damaging the very children she was empowering.

Oppenheimer tells himself a lie, says my scholar friend. 'That the bomb has a moral end.'

The dialogue writer, being part of the new mobilisation of cultural glory, misunderstood not just the nature of expectation of his audience, but the audience itself. 

If public discourse is weaponised for political gain with incendiary rhetoric that dehumanises any so-called ‘other’, limits should be placed on freedom of expression. No value is greater than the dignity of vulnerable people.

In this tribute to the master of modern French cinema, Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee focuses on two films – 'Breathless' and 'My Life to Live' – to capture a defining preoccupation. 

The Ghalib we encounter in 'Temple Lamp' – Maaz Bin Bilal’s translation of 'Chirag-e-Dair' – is not the Ghalib we know from his ghazals.

An extract from Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee's book 'Nehru and the Spirit of India'.

Singh is a mood-singer, and doesn’t disappoint, each time you visit him.

Iraq exists in Bush’s unconscious, but no longer as the enemy. Iraq exists as a reminder of his folly.

"...We are here / To listen, the nature of each instrument / Merges with the nature of another, / And music is born."

"In peacetime, you miss the pain of animals in captivity."

A lecturer of English literature at Assam's Bongaigaon College, Deb will be remembered for his immense knowledge of poetry, his work in translation and for changing lives.

The Dalit kids from slum areas remain the central focus of this remarkable film.

Lata’s voice is a cultural tributary of the nation, connecting its many regions.