Ullekh NP

New Delhi

Executive Editor at OPEN

Author of 'Kannur' (@PenguinIndia, https://t.co/FNzAxQfEzl), 'The Untold Vajpayee' and 'War Room'. Actor. Friend of Cuba. Crypto nut. AI watcher. South Indian

Featured in: Favicon

openthemagazine.com Favicon

dailymail.co.uk Favicon

indiatimes.com (+1) Favicon

hindustantimes.com Favicon

news18.com Favicon

firstpost.com Favicon

moneycontrol.com Favicon

scroll.in

manoramaonline.com Favicon

thenewsminute.com + 3 more

Articles

The Sober Generation

6 days ago | openthemagazine.com | Ullekh NP

THE concept called “sober curiosity” perhaps explains why the generation born between 1997 and 2012, called Gen Z, is drinking less than even millennials and previous generations. While others were driven by defiance of disciplinarian elders, curiosity about the forbidden, or the lure of euphoria, Gen Z, by and large, is excited to explore what happens if you don’t indulge.
The Sober Generation

6 days ago | t.ly | Ullekh NP

THE concept called “sober curiosity” perhaps explains why the generation born between 1997 and 2012, called Gen Z, is drinking less than even millennials and previous generations. While others were driven by defiance of disciplinarian elders, curiosity about the forbidden, or the lure of euphoria, Gen Z, by and large, is excited to explore what happens if you don’t indulge.
Americans learnt nothing from mistakes in Vietnam 50 years ago: Michael Kazin

1 week ago | openthemagazine.com | Ullekh NP

Michael Kazin is an award-winning professor of history at Georgetown University and the editor of Dissent. A respected political commentator, his insights into American policy and its global impact are widely regarded. An expert on US politics and social movements, his most recent book is What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party.
Rethinking Mercy

1 week ago | openthemagazine.com | Ullekh NP

IN YOU, READERS won’t find the characteristic magic for which the veteran Mahe-born writer M Mukundan, now 82, has won acclaim. His post-modern works—such as Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil (On the Banks of the River Mayyazhi), Daivathinte Vikrithikal (God’s Mischief), and Kesavante Vilapangal (Kesavan’s Lamentations)— most of which have been translated into English, are vastly different from this latest novel.
Rethinking Mercy

1 week ago | t.ly | Ullekh NP

IN YOU, READERS won’t find the characteristic magic for which the veteran Mahe-born writer M Mukundan, now 82, has won acclaim. His post-modern works—such as Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil (On the Banks of the River Mayyazhi), Daivathinte Vikrithikal (God’s Mischief), and Kesavante Vilapangal (Kesavan’s Lamentations)— most of which have been translated into English, are vastly different from this latest novel.
Why a Caste Census Matters

1 week ago | openthemagazine.com | Ullekh NP

News Briefs | Openings: Dictum BJP has maintained that while it is not opposed to caste enumeration, the process must be handled with care and carried out through the formal Census, rather than sloppy state-level surveys (Illustration: Saurabh Singh) For the first time since 1932, caste will be formally enumerated in the next national Census.
Why a Caste Census Matters

1 week ago | t.ly | Ullekh NP

News Briefs | Openings: Dictum BJP has maintained that while it is not opposed to caste enumeration, the process must be handled with care and carried out through the formal Census, rather than sloppy state-level surveys (Illustration: Saurabh Singh) For the first time since 1932, caste will be formally enumerated in the next national Census.
It is "possible" that M4 rifles used by Pahalgam terrorists came from Afghanistan: Expert

2 weeks ago | openthemagazine.com | Ullekh NP

News Briefs | Web Exclusive Author and Afghanistan expert Lynne O'Donnell says the Taliban likely sold arms to the Haqqani Network, from which it fell into the hands of Pak-trained terrorists London-based Australian journalist and Afghanistan expert Lynne O’Donnell, who reported extensively from Afghanistan until she was detained and harassed by the Taliban in mid-2022, has said it is “possible” that the M4 rifles used by terrorists to attack tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir, originated in...
Ukraine silently encroaches on ‘friendly’ Moldova

2 weeks ago | defenddemocracy.press | Ullekh NP

The war-ravaged nation led by President Volodymyr Zelensky is building dams in the neighbouring country to overcome its energy crisisUkraine has encroached westwards over the past year on its friendly neighbour Moldova, a country that has stood by Kyiv against the Russians and sheltered thousands fleeing the war with Moscow, to build hydroelectric dams in a bid to overcome a crippling power shortage, people close to the matter said.
Indian Army, Navy send cryptic messages on X hinting at war readiness

2 weeks ago | openthemagazine.com | Ullekh NP

Shortly after the gruesome attack on tourists in the holiday destination of Pahalgam, south Kashmir, on 22 April, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the armed forces to be on high alert — a call he reiterated two days later in an impassioned speech in Madhubani, Bihar. There, he vowed to track down the perpetrators of the massacre and their handlers.