Chintan Girish Modi

Chintan Girish Modi is a Mumbai-based writer, journalist and educator who has been involved in various India–Pakistan peace initiatives and advocacy efforts for LGBTQ rights. His prose and poetry have appeared in books such as 101 Indian Children's Books We Love, Bent Book: A Queerish Anthology, Fearless Love, Clear Hold Build and Borderlines.

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Yasser Arafat (left), the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, with Indira Gandhi (right) in Delhi in 1980. India once saw the Palestinian struggle as a battle against colonialism not unlike its own freedom movement.

Can India ever return to a principled Palestine policy?

Chintan Girish Modi

29 Jan 2025

A street in Faisalabad. Kesava Menon, after his stint as an Indian correspondent in Pakistan, scoffs at Indians who cross the border on week-long or fortnight-long visas and declare that “the liberalism they encountered was irrefutable proof that their hosts were ready to forget all differences.” Photo: IMAGO / Xinhua

The rare Indian foreign correspondent’s view of Pakistan

Chintan Girish Modi

08 Dec 2023

A still from Joyland, directed by Saim Sadiq. At the Cannes Film Festival, Sadiq said, “the Indian media embraced Joyland as a Southasian film.”

‘Joyland’ crosses the barbed wire between India and Pakistan

Chintan Girish Modi

14 Jul 2023

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