Microsoft’s next Windows 10 update, called the Autumn (or Fall in the US) Creators Update, will bring a variety of new features. But one long-standing stalwart of the Windows experience has been put on the chopping block: Microsoft Paint. First released with the very first version of Windows 1.0 in 1985,Continue Reading

In our world today, divisive social identities, premised on ethnicity/nationalism, ideology/ religion and patriarchy/machismo emerge as among the three most resilient and potent challenges to a just and humane society. South Asia is struggling against multiple injustices that stem from economic inequalities, caste discrimination and cultural hegemony, which have forContinue Reading

Encroachments and land acquisition over years have robbed the beauty of the 200-year-old Church of St John the Baptist in Secunderabad. The magnificent church, the first to be constructed in the twin cities in 1813, once stood on 100 acres, a stone’s throwaway from Secunderabad railway station. Today, the landContinue Reading

Kolkata: St Xavier’s College -one of the country’s most illustrious brands from the house of Jesuits -has started a campus in Mizoram.The college will be administered by the Jesuit order’s Darjeeling province, which is the headquarters of the northeastern outfits of the order. St Xavier’s University Kolkata, which is theContinue Reading