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Posters for ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ in Mumbai in 2014.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’s charms lent a deceptive lustre to its ultra-conservatism, which helped pave the way for the brazen misogyny and Hindu nationalism in Hindi cinema three decades later
Mohandas Gandhi sits on a chair during a visit to a bhangi colony. He is surrounded by army officers in uniform. Jawaharlal Nehru is visible on the right, and Vallabhai Patel is visible in the middle.
Caste-based dialects – or castelects – and the social hierarchy of languages across Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Tulu
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Pakistan's 27th amendment, Sheikh Hasina's death sentence, the Global Shining Light Award and more
Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and chief of army staff Asim Munir
Pakistan’s 27th constitutional amendment expands the military and army chief’s authority, allowing government and Parliament sweeping control over the judiciary
A member of the hijra community dances at a religious procession in Maharashtra, wearing a bright green and red sari. Drummers surround them and celebrate in the street. A yellow signboard with Marathi text is visible in the background under a clear blue sky.
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Rahul Rao
Four new books open up debate on why same-sex marriage has come to anchor queer politics in India, and how the notions and politics of Southasian queer life shift across local, diasporic and transnati ...
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Crucial questions around Bihar's assembly elections, Bangladesh's national referendum, the collapse of Pakistan-Afghanistan peace talks and more
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