LESBIAN COUPLE FATHIMA NOORA, 23, and Adhila Nazrin, 22, heaved a sigh of relief on May 31 when the Kerala High Court allowed them to live together, snubbing close relatives who had forcibly taken away and detained the former at an unknown location with the purported connivance of a few policemen. They were both delighted … Continue reading India’s lavender revolution: Millennials and GenZs lead from the front to call out homophobia as a colonial hangover

Historian and author Ayesha Jalal in conversation with Ullekh NP   Pervez Musharraf (Photo: Getty Images) Acclaimed historian and author Ayesha Jalal, who thoroughly examines Pervez Musharraf’s nine years in power, first as military general and then as president of Pakistan, in her absorbing book, The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics, says that … Continue reading ‘Pervez Musharraf’s Undoing: Playing Politics While Maintaining his Military Swagger’

Do not expect them to give up profit for principles, warns 31-year-old Sophie Zhang Sophie Zhang, American data scientist and whistle-blower The first thing that strikes you about Meta whistle-blower Sophie Zhang is that she uses the kind of abbreviations and usages that people in India employ on a day-to-day basis, in sharp contrast with most expats … Continue reading Social networks care about India only as much as Union Carbide cared for its victims: Meta whistleblower

  Dhruva Jaishankar The author-analyst is worried about the role of the Haqqani Network and others in launching attacks on Indians within Afghanistan Foreign policy expert and author Dhruva Jaishankar, who is currently the executive director of the Observer Research Foundation America, feels that although Indian diplomats have met the Taliban in Kabul in a … Continue reading Dhruva Jaishankar says formal ties with Afghanistan unlikely in near future

A Taliban patrol in Kabul, August 18, 2021 (Photo: AP) C. Christine Fair, Professor Security Studies at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, has over the years earned a reputation for being one of the world’s foremost experts on military affairs and politics in South Asia. A polyglot, she has spent quality time in Afghanistan … Continue reading Taliban can’t ensure security to Indians keen on resuming Afghan projects: Christine Fair

Amid talk of more disclosures, Sophie Zhang says she is upset at not being able to offer her testimony in India so far Sophie Zhang, American data scientist and whistle-blower who had worked at Meta (then Facebook) between 2018 and 2020 s the world awaits her next move in the wake of yawning silence from … Continue reading Whistle-blower compares Facebook to iceberg that sank the Titanic

(Illustration: Saurabh Singh) NORWEGIAN SOCIOLOGIST and political scientist Stein Ringen is renowned for his obsession with democracy. He has said in recent interviews that it is so because he is from Scandinavia, which has had great luck with democracy, with its high doses of what he calls potentials and low risks. In his latest book, How … Continue reading Author Stein Ringen offers a new definition for democracy and hits out at sceptics

A TRIP TO THE interior tribal land of Attappadi in Kerala’s Palakkad district is a lesson in humility when Rajesh, a young shopkeeper, asks you to be paid for his ware via Paytm or Google Pay because he doesn’t have enough cash to return the balance. “Sir, you don’t have GPay?” he enquires with a … Continue reading The Network Nation: How Digitalisation is Driving Growth in India