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Delhi’s Project Otenga pairs Northeast fine dining with mental health. ‘Not a restaurant’

First there were supper clubs, now there's a food studio. Project Otenga combines Northeast flavours with ‘eating design’.

Erased from Kashmir’s grief—Muslims killed as ‘informers’ lie buried, forgotten for 3 decades

The two young men—Ali Mohammad Bhat and Mohammad Maqbool Bhat were killed for being ‘informers’. Their unmarked graves have seen no rituals. No martyrdom marches and oral histories either.

The Big Battle for transgender certificates—official apathy, confusion, red tape, bias

The cloud of confusion for India's transgender community has been compounded by the 2026 amendment, which many say could make the tyranny of bureaucratic paperwork a Sisyphean endeavour.

A year after Pahalgam, Lt Vinay Narwal’s death haunts family. Guilt, grief, lonely evenings

‘I don’t feel like staying at home. I just leave, go to a friend’s place or to my sister’s nearby,’ said Rajesh Narwal, who hasn’t found peace since his son was killed by terrorists.

Bohra Muslim women are fighting against FGM anonymously—they fear community boycott

After more than seven years of pendency, the Supreme Court is set to hear a PIL regarding a complete ban on Female Genital Mutilation within the Dawoodi Bohra community.

Kashmiris with Pakistani MBBS degrees are desperate for jobs. ‘My father was militant, not me’

Kashmiri students began going to Pakistan for MBBS in the early 2000s. Pakistan offered a special quota for students from Kashmir, covering lodging and tuition fees.

The anatomy of an unorganised protest—How it spread from Manesar to Noida

The protests have exposed deep fault lines in the region’s labour economy, forcing authorities into damage-control even as political blame games intensifies.

Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad RWAs are fighting among themselves. Temples are the new flashpoint

‘Temples have become a new source of power in these gated societies,' said a resident of Fortune Residency in Ghaziabad. 'We only want transparency, no matter who holds power.’

Meet the Kashmiri Muslim leading the ABVP in the valley

‘Before 2019, even admitting you were with ABVP was difficult. Today, I say it openly,' said Akeel Tantray, the 25-year old leads the Kashmir wing of the ABVP.

Punjabi Dalit fiction is reaching an English audience at last. The book is called Gangrene

Dalit literature in India is usually tied to the Ambedkar-Phule revolutionary legacy and raw Marathi autobiographies. Now a new translation of Punjabi-Dalit stories shows caste as Punjab lives it.

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.