BJP
‘Dissolve the people and elect another’
Kashmir local government elections belie the Indian state’s narrative of democracy.
Mudasir Amin and Samreen Mushtaq | Nov 21, 2018
Caging the canary
Raids and arrests in India exhibit intolerance of dissent.
Salil Tripathi | Sep 04, 2018
Something rotten
A recent book explores the systemic rot that holds India to ransom.
Mitu Varma | Feb 28, 2017
A tale of two mosques
Recent anniversaries have marked the demolition of two mosques, one very well known, and the other, much less so.
Khalid Anis Ansari | Dec 06, 2016
The logic of Ramdev
The guru-politico comes with an idiom that the powerbrokers of New Delhi fail to understand, but which could yet change the contours of politics.
Shiv Visvanathan | Oct 08, 2016
Whose media is it anyway?
Real freedom of expression is eroding fast in India.
Neha Dixit | Sep 21, 2016
Believers’ Dilemma – II
Never before has the RSS been more confident of its role in shaping India’s future. (This is part two of a two-part essay)
Abhishek Choudhary | Jun 03, 2016
Believers’ dilemma – I
Never before has the RSS been more confident of its role in shaping India’s future. (This is part one of a two-part essay)
Abhishek Choudhary | Jun 01, 2016
Latest Articles
Do Black lives matter to Southasians?
An account of Black-Southasian relations in modern history.
Southasia’s postponed emergency
COVID-19 threatens to strip the region’s health systems bare.
The anatomy of a torture complaint
Police brutality in India’s model state.
India’s crossborder crises, COVID-19 corruption, and more
Southasiasphere: Issue #8 – Updates and analysis from around the region.
