India
Chipko to climate change
In Uttarakhand, environmentalists call for disaster governance that supports local communities.
Harsh Dobhal and Rohan D’Souza | May 21, 2021
The crackdown on comedy
In India, it’s not clear who has the last laugh.
Avantika Mehta | May 10, 2021
A new border in the old republic
The class and caste-based contradictions within India’s farmers’ protest.
Aditya Bahl | Apr 28, 2021
The myth of Congress socialism
Why Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi were never really on the Left to begin with.
Pratinav Anil | Mar 30, 2021
The road to Khajuraho
The origins of erotica in the Subcontinent's religious art.
Namit Arora | Mar 12, 2021
Bound by the bindi
Has wearing the bindi been an act of conformity to the Sindhi community?
Chandni Doulatramani | Feb 25, 2021
The subtle art of resistance
Zakariya Mohammed’s ‘Halal Love Story’ tells the story of resistance in the face of an omnipotent authority.
Ali Ahsan and Shama Jan | Feb 19, 2021
Revisiting the past, reimagining a future
How an art magazine found a place in India’s nation-building narratives.
Khorshed Deboo | Feb 16, 2021
Too keen to withhold?
Why we know so little about the temporary blocking of the Twitter accounts covering farmers’ protests.
Chhetria Patrakar | Feb 03, 2021
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