Sukhada Tatke
Independent reporter and writer.
Culture, gender, social justice, cities, science, immigration, inequality. Email: sukhadatatke AT gmail DOT com
lithub.com
Between Anxiety and Hope: On the Cautious Optimism of Lewis Thomas
An essay on why we must read Lewis Thomas.
TheRumpus
The Past Is All We Have: André Aciman’s Homo Irrealis
A review-essay on memory, time and longing based on Andre Aciman's book 'Homo Irrealis.'
thepolisproject.com
Unlawful Activities: How the Indian prison system denies basic freedoms, rights and dignity to political prisoners
A longform piece on how the Indian prison system denies basic freedoms, rights and dignity to political prisoners.
Outlook India
The Sea In Mumbai And A Thousand Splendid Memories
An essay on looking back with fondness, and a little bit of regret, at the time when the sea was part of my everyday life but didn’t matter as much as it does now.
thejuggernaut.com
How Sake Dean Mahomed Birthed “Shampoo”
A story on the rise and fall of an Indian man from Patna who changed hygiene forever.
atlasobscura.com
Uncovering Edinburgh’s Hidden Victorian History—One Doorway at a Time
A story of an Edinburgh resident uncovering the city's past one door at a time.
thejuggernaut.com
India’s Ram Mandir Inauguration Pulls in its Global Diaspora
A feature on how the construction of the Ram Mandir in India is a historic event for some and a symbol of growing Hindutva and a reminder of sectarian violence for others.
hindustantimes.com
Important to create genuine equality of opportunity: Michael Sandel, political philosopher
Interview of Harvard professor Michael Sandel, known as a philosopher "with the global profile of a rock star", addressing ethical concerns worldwide.
scroll.in
Suffocation, silent rebels, survivors in the burnt remains: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 80 years on
A feature on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
nationalheraldindia.com
That Ganpati-shaped hole in my heart
An essay on memory, time, love and loss evoked by Ganesh Chaturthi.
religionnews.com
New museum remembers Scotland’s dark era of witch hysteria
A story on a new museum in Edinburgh.
frontline.thehindu.com
Jitish Kallat: ‘My work mirrors the changing self’
An interview with the artist Jitish Kallat.
frontline.thehindu.com
‘My preferred medium is life itself’: Mithu Sen
An interview with the artist Mithu Sen.
thejuggernaut.com
How Cha Became Chai
A feature on how British trade manipulation, espionage, and aggressive marketing changed the trajectory of the once-unpopular beverage in the Indian subcontinent.