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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicMeena Kandasamy

Topic: Meena Kandasamy

Your writing isn’t your puppy, boyfriend, or married lover: Meena Kandasamy to Fatima Bhutto

In 'How I Write', Sonia Faleiro has compiled interviews of South Asian authors, revealing the intricacies of their creative processes.

‘Only thing you read to your lover in bed’—Meena Kandasamy’s modern book on ancient Tamil text

Meena laments the misinterpretations of love and womanhood in Tirukkural offered by translators over the centuries. She has given it a new meaning in The Book of Desire.

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Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.