From manufacturing mythic pasts to promoting muscular nationalism, militarism and Islamophobia, Hindi cinema is increasingly aligning with Hindutva politics, and ripping up Indian secularism and democ ...
Pakistan’s deals to export JF-17 fighter jets can revive its international standing and boost macroeconomic stability, but they concentrate even more power and resources in the hands of the military ...
Ravikant Kisana’s ‘Meet the Savarnas’ dissects dominant-caste notions of merit, intimacy and power, showing how caste survives beneath India’s claims to modernity