꧟ Two authors across time zones—Naveen Kishore, founder of the independent Indian publishing house Seagull Books, and Palestinian poet and author Ghassan Zaqtan—write to each other about the human cost of war
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Literature is at times powerless in the face of reality's obscenity, says Ramy Al-Asheq, Palestinian-Syrian-German poet, journalist and cultural figure based in Berlin, Germany
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𒁏 Barring a few exceptions, Hollywood movies continue to be gung-ho about the United States’ penchant for waging wars across the globe
Outlook's twin editions, published at the beginning of 2025, focus on never-ending wars across the globe. The first issue tells the stories of wartime, while the other looks at the troubled relationship between democracy and peace.
💖 A blank page is a testimonial, too. We are waiting for his story. Waiting also means hoping
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𝄹 As the Taliban moves to ban women from becoming doctors, nurses or midwives in a bid to remove them from public spaces, Afghan women have questioned how they will survive at all
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ꦡ Right-wing ideologies are gaining ground in many countries across the world
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꧙ The call of Eretz Israel, the biblical ‘promised land’, is one that both the secularists and the religious Zionists of Israel have heeded, at the cost of the people of that land
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𝓡 Ultimately, gestures of defiance fuel our memory of the anti-colonial resistance
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﷽ Literature is at times powerless in the face of reality's obscenity, says Ramy Al-Asheq, Palestinian-Syrian-German poet, journalist and cultural figure based in Berlin, Germany
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൩ The post-Cold War liberal order is fading away. A new 21st century order should factor in the interests and aspirations of players of today
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💮 Gilbert Achcar, professor at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), talks about how Western powers’ unconditional backing of Israel in its offensives against Gaza, Lebanon and Syria has destroyed all Western pretence of the Rule of Law
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෴ Displaced by war, three Rohingya women living in camps and detention centres in the country share their resettlement dreams
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𓂃 The humanitarian cost of Sri Lanka’s civil war keeps getting undermined
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🐬 For most Indian-origin Sri Lankan Tamils, who are victims of ethnic conflict and civil war, proving that they are not illegal migrants is a nearly impossible task
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🅷 A photojournalist shares glimpses of grim determination, pain, and suffering from the Russia-Ukraine conflict
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🐭 Poet, author and translator Maya Dimerli was born in Odessa, Ukraine. She is currently head of the ‘Odessa UNESCO City of Literature’ Office. Dimerli spoke to Vineetha Mokkil about life during wartime and helping others to write while war rages on in Ukraine. Excerpts
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😼 How can Bangladesh’s fractured society, burdened by layers of trauma, begin to heal?
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ꦍ The pandemonium of war remains heavy with the silence of suffering and pain, and when its end is nowhere in sight—the murmurs of everyday chores, giggles of children, whispers of prayers and cries, the clanking of ladles against vessels, and the artist’s splashing of paint on the canvas become part of war’s monotony.
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♎ What does life look like when you can hear bombs in the vicinity or when your cities are full of rubble of buildings that were once home?
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🅠 In Far from Home, the main subject, Samira, keeps iterating wanting to get out of India for a better future for her sons. Unfortunately, for the Afghans in India, this may be a pipe dream.
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🀅 The official figure of civilian deaths in Afghanistan is a serious underestimate. It is unlikely that we will ever know the real cost of Afghan lives
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🌠 Barring a few exceptions, Hollywood movies continue to be gung-ho about the United States’ penchant for waging wars across the globe
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🦋 The resilience of refugee women from Sudan, Ethiopia and Yemen in the face of war and displacement is remarkable
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The MEA's response comes after an Indian national recruited by the Russian military was killed and another sustained injuries recently in Russia's ongoing conflict with Ukraine.
🐎 The BJP manifesto promises to give Rs 2500 each month to women in Delhi if it comes to power in Delhi in the upcoming Assembly Elections. The saffron party will also give a subsidy of Rs 500 on LPG cylinders and one cylinder each on Holi and Diwali.
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🐷 Donald Trump prepares for his second inauguration as the president of the USA on January 20.
Hockey India League and Indian Super League have two clashes each in the evening, and the Indian men's and women's teams will compete in the Kho Kho World Cup semi-finals. Follow live updates from the sports world on Saturday, January 18, 2025
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🍸 Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet director wove the banal with the surreal with disorienting power
ꦓ By reverse-engineering Telugu/Tamil blockbusters to tide over a lean period, it feels like Hindi cinema is trying to treat a brain aneurysm with a band-aid.
🤪 The film is one of seven Indian titles deemed eligible for the race
With Payal Kapadia's award-winning film, we peg our imagination of transcending urban alienation to the fantasy of occasional rootlessness, facilitated by post-industrial lifestyles and temporary getaways.
൲ By reverse-engineering Telugu/Tamil blockbusters to tide over a lean period, it feels like Hindi cinema is trying to treat a brain aneurysm with a band-aid.
✅ The film is one of seven Indian titles deemed eligible for the race
With Payal Kapadia's award-winning film, we peg our imagination of transcending urban alienation to the fantasy of occasional rootlessness, facilitated by post-industrial lifestyles and temporary getaways.
✤ Since the last few years, the Golden Globes Awards ceremony has stood out as a witness to powerful speeches by the actresses who have been awarded for their distinctive performances.
ꦦ The anthology is Palestine’s official submission to the 2025 Oscars
🌠 Hindi films woefully lack deep explorations of the preceding situations of wars and their aftermath—the impact wars have on people, space, time and history.
The following films from 18 countries introspect on wars, both past and present, to uncover uncomfortable truths and present counterpoints to 'western' narratives and depiction of war.
Documentaries like 'Intercepted' and 'Songs of Slow Burning Earth' grapple with the Russian occupation of Ukraine beyond mere displays of desolation.
Critically acclaimed documentary series 'The Vietnam War' co-creator Lynn Novick speaks to Outlook about patterns of war, the fraught nature of 'truth' and burdens of a documentary filmmaker working with conflict.
🐲 What does it mean to continue to create art during a genocide?
🐷 Clint Eastwood fashions a robust, unfussy study of morality and guilt.
ꦦ 30 years on, Andaz Apna Apna enjoys a cult status, that it didn’t when it originally released in 1994. What is in the film that takes millennials back to it again and again for much-needed laughs?
꧅ Alain Guiraudie’s black comedy mines the blinding power of desire to surprising ends.
ꦛ Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo departs from his outsized national cinema with low-budget, chatty dramedies
꧑ The biggest tribute to this giant filmmaker, knowledge sharer, philosopher, mentor will be for younger filmmakers to study his films and learn his language.
🌌 Streaming on MUBI, the hybrid documentary wrestles with identity and cultural legacy across generations.
💫 In an industry where women were seldom elevated from the status of arm candies, Shyam Benegal painted his women with myriad hues of complexities. Mandi is a classic illustration of this exemplary capability.
♍ The recent crop of films on North-South Korea relations reflects a deep-seated yearning for the reunification of Korea
﷽ In the times we live in, dominated by mass production and advanced machinery, Himachali artisans like Bharat Bhushan, Rigzian Chhodin, and Sonam Lama Tamang are safeguarding their rich cultural heritage through handcrafted goods. From eco-friendly woollens and sea buckthorn products to intricate Thangka paintings, their work reflects a delicate balance between preserving age-old techniques and adapting to contemporary demands. Amidst rising competition from cheaper, machine-made alternatives, limited market reach, and the struggle to source sustainable raw materials, these artisans face immense challenges. Yet, their resilience shines through as they innovate within tradition, keeping their crafts alive and relevant in an ever-changing world.
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The first woman chef with Michelin stars, Chef Garima Arora’s first Indian foray is a Thai restaurant in Gurgaon where you can 'eat like the Thais do'
