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Photo-Gallery: The Infrastructure of Dissent
10 August 2026
Photo-Gallery: The Infrastructure of Dissent
10 August 2026

At the Student Protests in Jantar Mantar, Dikshit Sharma turns his lens to the moments of collective solidarity—the trash collectors, the food delivery workers, the volunteers, the living community—to reveal the architecture which quietly carries history forward.

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10 August 2026
A Sonic Life in the Himalaya: ‘Sketches from the Top of the Hills’
7 August 2026
A Sonic Life in the Himalaya: ‘Sketches from the Top of the Hills’
7 August 2026

Singer-songwriter Ady Manral introduces his music documentary from Landour, a visual EP rinsed with the lush sights and sounds of monsoon in the Himalayan foothills.

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7 August 2026
The Unsettling Politics of Violence and Music in ‘Dhurandhar’
4 August 2026
The Unsettling Politics of Violence and Music in ‘Dhurandhar’
4 August 2026

With brutal carnage presented with celebratory beats, Dhurandhar: The Revenge pushes viewers towards a stony insensitivity, creating a sense of heightened tempo and exhilaration without moral recoil. By Abin Chakraborty

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4 August 2026
Lucknow Music Diaries: Sticking to the setlist
Music The Chakkar 22/01/20 Music The Chakkar 22/01/20

Lucknow Music Diaries: Sticking to the setlist

Looking back at the ups and downs, and dangers and desperation, of the Lucknow rock scene - by Prateek Santram

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Fear and Loathing – and fact and fiction – in MEHSAMPUR
Film/TV The Chakkar 19/01/20 Film/TV The Chakkar 19/01/20

Fear and Loathing – and fact and fiction – in MEHSAMPUR

Past and present, real and unreal, urban and rural, and life and death clash to present Mehsampur, Kabir Singh Chowdhary’s unforgettable film out of the Punjabi heartlands. A review by Karan Madhok

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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Indian Trucker Life
Literature The Chakkar 16/01/20 Literature The Chakkar 16/01/20

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Indian Trucker Life

Interview: Rajat Ubhaykar, author of Truck De! India, speaks about humanising India’s truck-drivers, their contribution to the Indian economy, and the excitement and dangers of life on the road - by Kamakshi Ayyar

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SHE DARED: A celebration of Indian women athletes
Literature, Sports/Outdoor The Chakkar 13/01/20 Literature, Sports/Outdoor The Chakkar 13/01/20

SHE DARED: A celebration of Indian women athletes

True Stories of excellence – Jamie Alter reviews She Dared: Women in Indian Sports by Abhishek Dubey and Sanjeeb Mukherjea

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All The Stage's A World
Theatre The Chakkar 11/01/20 Theatre The Chakkar 11/01/20

All The Stage's A World

Jurish Nath writes about using theatre to shape the lives of children and young adults in Pune

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Mussoorie Writers: Stephen Alter reads from THE RATABAN BETRAYAL
Literature The Chakkar 09/01/20 Literature The Chakkar 09/01/20

Mussoorie Writers: Stephen Alter reads from THE RATABAN BETRAYAL

A short film from Mussoorie Writers, featuring Stephen Alter reading from his 2016 novel, The Rataban Betrayal


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The Decade in Hindi Cinema
Film/TV The Chakkar 06/01/20 Film/TV The Chakkar 06/01/20

The Decade in Hindi Cinema

Presenting: The Chakkar’s Top 10 favourite Hindi films of the 2010s - by Karan Madhok and Prateek Santram

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Pardesi Pahadi: Nanda Devi - A glimpse of the Himalayan Goddess
Sports/Outdoor, Creativity, Photography The Chakkar 03/01/20 Sports/Outdoor, Creativity, Photography The Chakkar 03/01/20

Pardesi Pahadi: Nanda Devi - A glimpse of the Himalayan Goddess

“I feel a lot of things in the mountains, but gratitude is what I feel the most.” In his first ‘Pardesi Pahadi’ column, Zachary Conrad writes about an unforgettable hike for a glimpse of the majestic Nanda Devi

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Who will chowkidar the chowkidars?
Editorial The Chakkar 01/01/20 Editorial The Chakkar 01/01/20

Who will chowkidar the chowkidars?

Editorial: The Anti-CAA/NRC protests have opened up larger wounds of India’s discontent with its government - Karan Madhok

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The Indigestible Politics and Violence of Food in India
Misc. The Chakkar 29/12/19 Misc. The Chakkar 29/12/19

The Indigestible Politics and Violence of Food in India

Within a country whose religious and social divide is visibly, increasingly violent, food is just another fragment that is appropriated to oppress - writes Saachi D’Souza

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A Sort of Homecoming
Music The Chakkar 26/12/19 Music The Chakkar 26/12/19

A Sort of Homecoming

What it meant for 40,000+ people to watch U2 at their India debut - Anurag Tagat writes

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Why Netflix's LITTLE THINGS is a perfect showcase of Indian millennial relationships
Film/TV The Chakkar 23/12/19 Film/TV The Chakkar 23/12/19

Why Netflix's LITTLE THINGS is a perfect showcase of Indian millennial relationships

The third season of Little Things forays into deeper issues in an Indian millennial relationship - writes Nidhi Choksi Dhakan

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