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Representational Image : Drug use among Indian school kids has spiked

Young And Addicted: Drug Use Spikes Among School Kids

BY Avantika Mehta

PTI : BJP leaders celebrating victory in Mumbai.

From Panchayat To Parliament, BJP Is Powerful In Maharashtra

BY Priyanka Tupe

Courtesy of the Kochi Biennale Foundation. : Visitors at Dhiraj Rabha’ work, The Quiet Weight of Shadows (2025)

Culture & Society

Where Memory Resists Power: The Many-Layered Histories in Dhiraj Rabha’s Art

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

File Photo : Women Across India Are Readying To Contest Bar Council Elections

Raising The Bar: How Women May Finally Break Into India’s Legal Old-Boys’ Club

BY Avantika Mehta

Tribhuvan Tiwari : The protest mirrored similar demonstrations in Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai, Patna and other cities across the country.

'Rights On Paper, Not In Life': Workers Protest Labour Codes

BY Saher Hiba Khan

PTI : J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah

Omar Faces Backlash For Praising Centre’s Funding Support Amid J&K Economic Crises

BY Ishfaq Naseem

X : Tejashwi Missing Campaign Reaches Fever Pitch: Is He Evading The Media After Poll Drubbing?

Tejashwi Missing Campaign Reaches Fever Pitch: Is He Evading The Media After Poll Drubbing?

BY Md Asghar Khan

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Illustration Vikas Thakur : The India Paradox: AI Anxiety Rises Even as Energy Jobs Surge

The India Paradox: AI Anxiety Rises Even as Energy Jobs Surge

BY Nishant Sahdev

A .S SATHEESH KOCHI : Leader of Opposition in Kerala Assembly V.D. Satheesan, centre, with party leaders during a programme organised to celebrate party's success in the recently held Kerala local body elections, in Kochi,

Local Body Polls: From Kasaragod To Malappuram, A Decisive UDF Surge Reshapes North Kerala

BY Ashlin Mathew

Lal moves fluently between traditions, geographies, and periods, offering close readings of texts and performances alongside broader reflections on theatrical practice.

Remembering, Recording, Rethinking Theatre

ShutterStock : Gudavarthy’s discussion subtly implies that the inability of the movement to electorally dislodge the BJP signals ideological incoherence.

Beyond Binary: Bahujan Has Its Own Ideological Enchantment

BY Ganesh Gaigouria

The Caste Con Census by Anand Teltumbde Cover

The Caste Con Census: Why Counting Caste May Wound More Than It Heals

BY Sahil Hussain Choudhury

Shutterstock : A school in Nagaland

Culture & Society

Calendar Divide: Cultural Invasion And Shaping Of Northeast Schools

BY Sangmuan Hangsing

Walking Out, Speaking Up: Feminist Street Theatre in India
Deepti Priya Mehrotra

'Walking Out, Speaking Up' Book Review: The Unscripted Revolution

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They Gather Around Me, The Animals

Politics And Poetry: 'They Gather Around Me, The Animals'

BY Aranya Padil

SURESH K PANDEY : Delhi Police Detain Dog Lovers At India Gate

The Love That Eats: Dogs, Flesh, And The Surplus Life Of India

BY Anirban Ghosh

Saahil : 30 Years Of Irreverence

What A Magazine Means To Me?

BY Outlook News Desk

IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire : People eager to see the aftermath of the attack, vandalism, and arson incident gather in front of the Prothom Alo office building in Karwan Bazar. Violence broke out in Dhaka following the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, a key figure in Bangladesh™s 2024 pro-democracy uprising, who died in Singapore from injuries sustained in an assassination attempt.

Bangladesh On Edge: Fresh Violence & The Shadow Over Polls

Villages Take the Lead as Jharkhand Government Delays PESA Implementation

Villages Take The Lead As Jharkhand Government Delays PESA Implementation

BY Md Asghar Khan

Sreenivasan, the Comic Conscience of Malayalam Cinema, Passes Away

Art & Entertainment

Sreenivasan, the Comic Conscience of Malayalam Cinema, Passes Away

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

Artwork by Govit Morajkar

Fully-Loaded Magazine: 30 years of Irreverence

BY Indranil Roy

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The Goa Inquisition – A Forgotten Episode

The Goa Inquisition – A Forgotten Episode

BY Puneet Kundal

File photo : Each time they tore me apart, my friends and family would stitch me back into one piece. They would do this many times over. They never let me crack. It shouldn’t be this way. But we, the women, are battle-hardened.

To Men Who Write Women Off

BY Chinki Sinha

Tense Times: Mobs went on the rampage in Gujarat after 59 people, most of whom were Hindu kar sevaks, were burnt alive on board the Sabarmati Express near Godhra railway station on February 27, 2002

The ‘Othering’: How Majoritarian Politics Redefined Belonging in India

BY Outlook Bureau

- : Arguing that existing legal provisions are inadequate to address the scale and intensity of contemporary hate campaigns, the government said a dedicated law was necessary to curb speech and acts that target individuals and communities based on religion, caste, language, gender, or other protected identities.

Policing Hate, Redefining Speech: Karnataka’s Contested New Law

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

IMAGO / Zuma Press Wire : A view of Jhelum River on a cold winter morning in Samboora, a village in Pulwama, south of the capital city Srinagar, Kashmir. The Kashmir Valley is facing an 86% rainfall deficit due to a prolonged dry spell, causing water levels to decline across its rivers and tributaries and raising concerns over forest fires, as surface heating, dry vegetation and depleted soil moisture.

Climate Change Concerns Return Due To Dry Spell In Kashmir

BY Ishfaq Naseem

Photo by Sanchit Khanna Hindustan Times/IMAGO : Shaista, daughter of Mohammad Akhlaq Saifi during a protest by AIDWA to get judgment in favor of the families of the victims of mob lynching at Jantar Mantar on September 27, 2018 in New Delhi, India.

Withdrawal Of Murder Charges Can Lead To More Lynchings: Akhlaq’s Family To Court

BY Mohammad Ali

IMAGO / Capital Pictures : Epstein photo release by House Oversight Committee Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and a woman speaking at an undated event

Epstein Files: What We Know So Far

BY Anwiti Singh

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THIRD PARTY IMAGE; SCREENGRAB VIA SANSAD TV : Opposition MPs protest in the well as Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (unseen) speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament

Winter Session Ends In Noise, Laws And Silence On Pollution

BY Ashlin Mathew

Outlook India : Outlook's 100-page special 30th anniversary issue

30 Years Of Irreverence

BY Outlook News Desk

Facebook : Actor Dileep

From Buses To Streets: Kerala’s Quiet Revolt After The Dileep Verdict

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

IMAGO : But beneath the bill which favours inclusion, protection and introduction of new entities in the industry lies a more complicated reality.

New Insurance Bill: All For Insurance Companies, Not For The Masses

BY Jinit Parmar

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