Mahadevi Varma and the lost literary world of Allahabad
Frontlineby Anusua Mukherjee12 Sept 2026
Dear Reader, The other day, while travelling down the road lining the outer walls of an army camp in Bengaluru, I saw something unusual.
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top 99%Firaq Gorakhpuri, Hindustaniyat and Urdu poetry
Frontlineby Harish Trivedi12 Sept 2026
Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896-1982), who would have been 130 on August 28 this year, is widely regarded as being one of the best four or five poets ever to write in Urdu, along with Mir, Ghalib, Iqbal...
Why Managerial Reforms Alone Cannot Fix India’s Healthcare Crisis
Frontlineby Abhay Shukla12 Sept 2026
The Indian healthcare system is often criticised for inadequate public expenditure, persistent inequities, and excessive dependence on private providers.
Neha Sinha’s Wild Capital: Unearthing Delhi’s Hidden Urban Ecology and Rewilding Imperative
Frontlineby Malavika Karlekar12 Sept 2026
“Great cities”, writes the conservation biologist Neha Sinha, are “indistinguishable from their natural histories”.
Children’s Rights in India: Who Speaks for Them?
Frontlineby Rahul Verma11 Sept 2026
“The child has always been the forgotten citizen.” — Maria Montessori On July 25, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned after weeks of student protests over the NEET-UG examination...
Unlocking Archive Secrets: How Princely Integration Formed Modern India
Frontlineby Srinath Raghavan11 Sept 2026
The year 1947 was a watershed in the modern history of the Indian subcontinent. Although the river of historical time turned in rather different directions eight decades ago, most historians of...
How Fieldwork as a Sex Object Maps Online Misogyny
Frontlineby Ravikant Kisana11 Sept 2026
In 2022, a recording from a private chat on the audio-room app Clubhouse was leaked on social media.
Allah Miyan’s Workshop and the fragility of Muslim life in India
Frontlineby Shakir Mir11 Sept 2026
Allah Miyan’s Workshop is a novel that conveys much more than what it says. It was only after reading for a while that I realised that it telegraphed a note about the fragility that defines the...
Power Play | India’s ‘Holy’wood
Frontlineby Anand Mishra AI Summary11 Sept 2026
Dear Reader, After politics and religion, films are what unfailingly catch my fancy. I don’t have an exact order.
Revolt of 1857: A Visual History of India’s Uprising
Frontlineby Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay AI Summary11 Sept 2026
The Revolt of 1857 has been one of the most discussed, debated and dissected events in the history of India.
How Mass Voter Deletions Is Altering Indian Politics
Frontlineby Parakala Prabhakar11 Sept 2026
In the wake of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, India will have two classes of people: one, those with franchise; and the other, those without franchise.
Indian Science Education: What Must Change in 2026
Frontlineby Aashima Dogra11 Sept 2026
What would a complete overhaul of the science education system look like? The student protests we have witnessed across the country were pleading for constructive steps to get us out of our...
Falkland Islands: Why Milei is reviving Argentina’s old dispute
Frontlineby V Arjun Reddy10 Sept 2026
“The Malvinas are Argentina’s”, proclaimed the banner carried by the Argentines football team after beating England 2-1 in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Semifinals.
Crying Hitlers: Modi, Indian Capitalists and China
Frontlineby Aditya Sinha AI Summary10 Sept 2026
Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrer of the German Third Reich (1933-1945), never openly wept, though he was reportedly tearful on occasion.
Ganesh Festival: Corporate Money Reshapes Mumbai
Frontlineby Amey Tirodkar AI Summary9 Sept 2026
This year, the Adani Group signed an exclusive sponsorship agreement with Chinchpokli’s Chintamani, Mumbai’s 107-year-old Ganpati festival mandal.
Karnataka SIR: Can the ECI Verify 43 Lakh Voters?
Frontlineby R K Radhakrishnan AI Summary9 Sept 2026
One of the most telling commentaries on Karnataka’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise is a press release put out by the Election Commission on September 4.
BRICS Is Not Anti-Western. India Should Say So
Frontlineby Manav Sachdeva9 Sept 2026
India holds the BRICS presidency in 2026. It should use this moment to make one thing clear, both to Indians and to India’s friends in the West: BRICS is not an anti-Western alliance, and India...
Protest and Politics: Why Emotions Drive Movements
Frontlineby Manoj Kumar Jha9 Sept 2026
Every protest starts with a feeling. When a crowd gathers, something happens inside people. There is anger, certainly, but there may also be humiliation, fear, grief, compassion, affection...
High Court Appointments: Who Gets to Have a Say?
Frontlineby V Venkatesan AI Summary8 Sept 2026
When the Supreme Court recast the judicial appointments system in 1993, it warned that keeping High Courts under acting Chief Justices for long periods “must be deprecated and avoided”.
Linguistic Shift in Jammu & Kashmir: Why Chenab Valley Languages Face Silent Decline
Frontlineby Ayaan Saroori8 Sept 2026
Jammu and Kashmir’s Chenab Valley, a mountainous region carved deeply by the River Chenab between the Lesser and Outer Himalayas, is home to remarkable linguistic diversity.