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Himal Interviews: The pluralism and poetry of India’s past
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The Dhurandhar franchise’s right-wing ideology, Pakistan-bashing and  Muslim-bashing and blood-curdling violence makes its success a disturbing development in an already fractured India.
As vehicles for Hindu Right ideology and pro-Modi propaganda, ‘Dhurandhar’ and ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ first blur the lines of reality before overtly glorifying anti-Muslim violence
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Himal Interviews: Anand Teltumbde on B R Ambedkar and the limits of iconisation
In a conversation on his new book 'Iconoclast', Anand Teltumbde challenges the hagiography surrounding B R Ambedkar, calling for a more nuanced reassessment in view of the ongoing oppression of Dalits ...
A still from This Stained Dawn depicts a group of women wearing black and red in formation at Aurat March. Behind them, a mostly female audience sits on the grass and watches the performance.
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A conversation with the filmmaker Anam Abbas, director of the 2021 documentary 'This Stained Dawn'
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Angela W Little’s book spans the original vision and contemporary debates around Sri Lanka’s system of free education, but fails to fully capture its intertwined dynamics of learning, politics and nat ...
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