Ajay Gudavarthy

Reasoning with intolerance

The defence raised by the rightwing apologists about growing intolerance needs to be addressed

Dec 25, 2015

Precariats of Indian democracy

The multiple identities of Kashmiri Pandits that have evolved over time complicate the question of resettlement.

May 11, 2015

The return of the personality cult

Will the resurgence of a personality-based politics undermine public institutions?

Jun 24, 2014

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How Southasia and Oman intertwined

In ‘Sovereigns of the Sea’, the histories of Omani sultans in the age of empire speak to the interconnectedness of Southasia, West Asia and East Africa

Crisis in India’s bread basket

How agriculture, capital and corporate investment have reshaped Indian Punjab, and brought about its current precarity

Images of the two Punjabs, partitioned yet forever alike

A photographer’s journey through the Punjab in India and Pakistan shows a land and a people still tied together, despite Partition and the militarised border in between