India Up-closeUncle-nephew duo, arrested twice in past, identified as main attackers on Amarnath pilgrimsThe Jammu and Kashmir police have identified an uncle-nephew duo who led the attack on Amarnath pilgrims in Anantnag in South Kashmir on…Jul 12, 2017Jul 12, 2017
India Up-closeThe most dangerous thing: a photo essay on Avtaar Singh PaashThe revolutionary poet Avtaar Singh Paash returned to his village Talwandi Salem in Jalandhar, Punjab, in the beginning of 1988. For few…Jan 29, 2017Jan 29, 2017
India Up-closeHow Maoist commander Ranjit Pal and his squad killed Jamshedpur MP Sunil MahatoOn January 25, Maoist commander Ranjit Pal and his wife Jharna surrendered in front of the director general of police, West Bengal, in…Jan 27, 2017Jan 27, 2017
India Up-closeWounds which stay fresh everydayMet a few young men in a village in south Punjab. More about them later. But two of them sang a song which I am sharing here.Jan 26, 2017Jan 26, 2017
India Up-closeLove at work: Dilip Simeon on Mahatma GandhiThere is a story about Mahatma Gandhi from Noakhali, Bengal, which saw severe communal riots in October-November 1946. While he was leading…Jan 25, 20171Jan 25, 20171
India Up-closeHis songs fall on deaf earsOn the evening of January 5, 2006, Bant Singh was returning home. He lives in Burj Jhabbar village in north India’s Punjab — a state…Jan 25, 2017Jan 25, 2017