Anandajit Goswami

How much of the Himalayas must melt before we rediscover our humanity? I have carried this question for some time. Perhaps it came from the mountains, the rain and the silence. The Himalayas feed rivers, sustain communities and carry memories of centuries. Yet their changing landscape reminds us that nature has limits. We discuss melting glaciers, disappearing water sources and climate change, but too often these remain statistics. What happens when they become part of daily life? I imagine...

To me, the demise of Asha Bhosle signifies the "Hope of my Elder Sister." In this war-torn world, she spreads hope through her eternal longing for love in "Salona Sajan." Amid the darkness engulfing West Asia and the Middle East, Asha Tai evokes Macbeth's words: "Let not light see my dark desires." Through her melancholic and lustful "Tanha Tanha," she illuminates humanity's dark desires, while in A.R. Rahman's "Kahi Aag Lage," she cries out in fiery defiance. To imitate human life in a...