The Special Intensive Revision, pitched as a voter verification drive to purge “illegal immigrants,” gives the state room to redefine voter eligibility. Anyone it sees as unwanted are being pushed off the rolls. Read the piece by @contendish:

Excavating celebrity journalism's brief reign as Bollywood’s most ungovernable institution. Read here: https://t.co/ceU8SqGVzp

This is our series exploring high art through horror films — and vice versa.

LEGENDS FESTIVAL 2025 Final streaming on Dec 23 at 14:00 UTC! Tune in for a special performance and the reveal of a new character!

It was a medium for artists across centuries to examine their own gendered and racial othering — an experience that the “monster” and the maiden in ‘Frankenstein’ might share.

But the visual language of Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ in 2025, in particular, inadvertently draws from another kind of artistic canon: the form of the self-portrait.

The Enlightenment’s artistic preoccupation with the anatomy echoes Victor Frankenstein’s psyche anxious about mortality; flush with compartmentalised limbs, rotting matter, and the pallid faces of waifish women.

Find out how is SG leading Southeast Asia’s energy transition through increased renewable financing and project development, production as well as distribution.

The story of Frankenstein and his monster has always been about the thin line between intellect and hubris.

Enter the phantasmagoria of Frankenstein (2025) and its spiritual cousins.

Are you a girl's girl or are you the boyfriend's girl best friend? Welcome to the monoculture of algorithmically mass-produced femininity. Read the piece here: https://t.co/6NAMIx8vri

Published in the long shadow of 9/11, Mahmood Mamdani’s “Good Muslim, Bad Muslim” remains one of the sharpest accounts of how the Cold War and its aftermath altered the lives of Muslims across the globe. In it, Mamdani traces how American covert wars fostered militant networks,

How the world turned Malala Yousafzai into a brand of hope while letting real change slip by. Read the piece by @contendish: https://t.co/Kwd5VSaEVR

Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign in New York City revives the idea of a city built for people over corporations. Read the piece here: https://t.co/5WndDIHV6v

For some readers and critics, Arundhati Roy is either political or literary — rarely both. Read @contendish’s piece: https://t.co/jDmJggzFIl

Present Tense: A stream of consciousness response to the mess in the news. https://t.co/i5uUfi9Thc

Innovations in recycling technologies are powering the future of U.S. manufacturing, supporting jobs AND sustainability

This week on Respectfully Disagree, we dive into nihilism as the mood of the moment and how shared dread has reshaped our culture. Listen here:

"Bollywood’s myth-making about Kashmir remains limited to either an exoticised pastoral escape or a symbol to articulate the idea of Indian nationhood. The representation invisiblizes the true political, social, and ideological state of Kashmiri natives." Kashmiri filmmaker

In this week’s episode of Respectfully Disagree, we discuss how woke culture has evolved and dissect the real question: is woke culture over? Listen here:

Wrote about Mumbai, and how @PayalKapadia86’s All We Imagine As Light changed the lensing for it. So glad I could make this happen with @shripad__ @kimkatsgotthat and other friends who contributed. Thanks Aish and @TheSwaddle 🩵 https://t.co/5dp884Rxtl

We're working on a survey to understand how women in India access the emergency contraceptive pill (ECP). If you’ve ever taken, or have considered taking the ECP, fill out the form here:

Countries like Russia, Cambodia & Colombia mandate a prescription to access the morning after pill. Would you oppose such a law if it were implemented in India?