India
Sustaining the myth of merit
How technical knowledge became the preserve of a ‘meritorious’ upper-caste elite.
The Editors | Oct 20, 2020
The early story of Christianity in Northeast India
Colonial officers, venture capitalists and Baptist missionaries in the Naga highlands.
Roderick Wijunamai | Oct 09, 2020
What the Maithili Movement tells us about language politics in India
And resistance in the face of ‘Hindi imposition’.
The Editors | Oct 02, 2020
Charting new territories
A recent anthropological volume on Jammu & Kashmir makes important new contributions to scholarship on the region.
Amit Kumar | Sep 22, 2020
Who doesn’t put ghee in their khichuri?
On food and representation, online and offline.
Debolina Dey | Sep 11, 2020
Kashmir and the rise of settler colonialism
The political and economic exploitation of militarily occupied J & K.
Maknoon Wani | Sep 01, 2020
The myth of mainstream
On the dangerous trajectory of state institutions and popular media in India.
Chhetria Patrakar | Aug 22, 2020
Reading Kashmir
One year after the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, a selection of articles on the region.
The Editors | Aug 06, 2020
The ‘note’ economy
A brief history of English-literature exams in contemporary India.
Sumana Roy | Aug 03, 2020
Re-centring the fold
A tongue-in-cheek exploration of fashion magazines in India.
Meher Varma and Pia Alize Hazarika | Jul 14, 2020
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The early story of Christianity in Northeast India
Colonial officers, venture capitalists and Baptist missionaries in the Naga highlands.
