Reviews
Development sermons
Do political cabals and business cartels explain the woes of Nepali economy?
Sovit Subedi | Feb 22, 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
Phanek and the fabric of resistance
The documentary 'Bloody Phanek' explores social and political realities in Manipur.
Veewon Thokchom | Nov 25, 2020
The cost of conscience
Megha Majumdar’s novel depicts a world where progress requires bigotry.
Atul Bhattarai | Nov 10, 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
Vanni: A graphic history
A recent graphic novel highlights the human cost of Sri Lanka’s civil war.
Elijah Hoole | Jun 16, 2020
When India put Indians in camps
The internment of Chinese Indians during the Sino-Indian War of 1962 has contemporary echoes.
Uttaran Das Gupta | Jun 09, 2020
The fight for the commons
Who has the power to secure and legislate public spaces in cities?
Varun Nayar | May 25, 2020
China’s Indian Ocean?
What the simplistic narratives on China’s advances in the Indian Ocean miss.
Amish Raj Mulmi | May 12, 2020
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