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Praznath: An Excerpt . Fiction by Sarthak Sharma: ‘I caught no more reflections. Soon enough, I smelled cattle. The truck moved away from Praznath. In my rush, I had carried the old T-shirt, carrying with it the dust of my home.’ thechakkar.com/home/praznath

‘I pulled those leather-bound journals out and passed a faint hand over their covers. It felt like passing a hand over lost time. I opened one amongst the lot. It was from that year that I felt had been better than the rest.’ Fiction by Sarthak Sharma thechakkar.com/home/praznath

For over a decade, the wildlife biologist Purnima Devi Barman has committed herself to the preservation of the greater adjutant in Assam, and has led a community-driven initiative with local women to work towards stork conservation. By Vinita Agrawal thechakkar.com/home/purnimade…

No More a Rootless Vine: Photo Story by Anamika Tamuli ‘In the rural rhythms of Assam, care reveals itself in invisible labors—the hands that keep a home running, the feet that move through flooded fields, the time lost between one obligation and another.’ thechakkar.com/home/anamikass…

Media literacy is an urgent need in a country as diverse and complex as India, where the unchecked spread of misinformation carries profound consequences for the very fabric of democracy and social harmony. By Arsalan Shamsi thechakkar.com/home/medialite…

Satire: Here is Karan Madhok’s preview of the 15 best hot, hot, hot literary titles, a thoroughly fraudulent exercise that promises to deliver us an imitation of genuine short-lived bliss thechakkar.com/home/aireading…

'What does it mean to contribute, to serve, to pause ambition? And at what cost? These tensions do not resolve, but they settle into the photographs, quietly, like dusk.' A photo-story about returning home to Assam - by Anamika Tamuli thechakkar.com/home/anamikass…

The Man Who Remembers thechakkar.com/home/paatallok2

‘War killed me. Of course it did. Whom does it not destroy? Even the survivors, even the perpetrators of atrocities, are haunted for the rest of their poor spectral days by rubble, murder’ “Roses for Rinpoche” - fiction by Tansy Troy thechakkar.com/home/rosesforr…

Postcards from a Betrayed Island . ‘The Great Nicobar Betrayal’ is essential reading for anyone concerned about India’s ecological future. Tansy Troy discusses the collection with an inspired set of illustrations of the island’s many breathtaking species. thechakkar.com/home/thegreatn…

Abhay K’s book on Nalanda demystifies the ancient institution by taking the reader through its journey. Through its many scholars and teachings, the book celebrates intellectual dialogue and cultural exchange. By Amritesh Mukherjee thechakkar.com/home/nalandajlf

Presenting a valid, watertight case for the island, ‘The Great Nicobar Betrayal’ is a defense of its pristine ecosystem, currently threatened by a £7 billion/₹8.1 billion crore project to transform the island into ‘the Hong Kong of India’. By Tansy Troy thechakkar.com/home/thegreatn…

Author and journalist Sudeep Chakravarty speaks about the stories that drive him, wandering across genres, and his Delhi-based latest work, Fallen City. By Amritesh Mukherjee thechakkar.com/home/sudeepcha…

The City as Erised’s Mirror: A Vision of Kolkata thechakkar.com/home/kolkataer…

Poles Apart . A letter to a friend lost carelessly: ‘With shut eyes, I see you and then myself, rushing around in strange, centripetal circles. Lost souls in fish bowls, swimming around a quiet and darkened running-track’ - By Ayaan Halder thechakkar.com/home/polesapart

‘But we’re still leaning onto each other, you know? Like college kids, or comrades. Perhaps our minds still mostly think alike. And you belong to me, and I to you.’ “Poles Apart” - personal essay by Ayaan Halder thechakkar.com/home/polesapart

‘The smoke rose from somewhere afar. Maybe another house had been burnt. We packed whatever was in sight that seemed to be necessary to sustain our lives. Whatever added value to life had to be pocketed and taken.’ “Praznath” - fiction by Sarthak Sharma thechakkar.com/home/praznath

Films like Mrs., The Great Indian Kitchen, Thappad, Dor, sparked widespread discussion about the value our society assigns to women’s labour and agency. Sarthak Parashar on the impossible choices faced under patriarchal social obligations—in reel and real thechakkar.com/home/mrsthegre…