Grief at the Ghats
For centuries, Varanasi has welcomed all visitors into the same all-encompassing embrace. With aggressive forces of politics and religion threatening to segregate his hometown, Karan Madhok argues for the need to preserve the city’s true harmonious spirit.
Going Viral
Editorial: The coronavirus pandemic is one of the gravest emergencies of our time. Karan Madhok discusses why our response as a country will define the future of social humanity.
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
Poetry by Saoirse: ‘let us build a night on the marble edifice / of silence. Spread freshly laundered sheets / over the freckled sky and light / the twin candles of our bodies.’