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Name Game
9 September 2026
Name Game
9 September 2026

What’s in a name? India has a long history of rebranding cities, streets, and buildings to reflect the political influence of the time. Instead of this empty tokenism, Vipin Labroo argues for the country to shift priorities towards its more pressing concerns.

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9 September 2026
Parallel Indias
6 September 2026
Parallel Indias
6 September 2026

Photo series by Vijay Kowshik V P: Parallel Indias is about proximity without connection, a study of coexistence without recognition. These are images of adjacency, lives, symbols, and bodies, all occupying the same space, often within the same frame, without ever meeting.

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6 September 2026
Welcome to… The 2nd Landour Literature and Arts Festival [LLAF]
3 September 2026
Welcome to… The 2nd Landour Literature and Arts Festival [LLAF]
3 September 2026

Visit us for the 2nd edition of the Landour Literature and Arts Festival on September 26-27, 2026, a weekend of arts, film, literature, music, and much more, featuring speakers and artists from the hillside and beyond. By The Chakkar and Mussoorie Heritage Centre

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3 September 2026
India’s AI Governance Guidelines are here—But what of the Publishing Sector?
Literature The Chakkar 19/01/26 Literature The Chakkar 19/01/26

India’s AI Governance Guidelines are here—But what of the Publishing Sector?

Without clear regulatory mechanism against AI data mining, Indian publishers have begun adapting voluntary frameworks. Madhuri Kankipati argues for the urgent need for the AI governance guidelines to set legislation and protect creative workers in a multilingual, digitally expanding nation.

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“Revolutionary literature requires revolutionary politics”: An Interview with Meena Kandasamy
Literature The Chakkar 11/12/25 Literature The Chakkar 11/12/25

“Revolutionary literature requires revolutionary politics”: An Interview with Meena Kandasamy

Acclaimed author Meena Kandasamy discusses the uncompromising and unapologetic resolve in her writing, confronting violence with art, and why activism is a form of love. By Saurabh Sharma

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A Manual for Memory: The Poetry of Meena Kandasamy
Literature The Chakkar 01/09/25 Literature The Chakkar 01/09/25

A Manual for Memory: The Poetry of Meena Kandasamy

Meena Kandasamy’s collection Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You is poetry as resistance literature, where aesthetic beauty and political activism merge to challenge a nation’s conscience. By Amritesh Mukherjee

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