caste
The catch-22 of collective fundraising
Recent fundraisers for tuition fees reveals continued caste discrimination in academia.
Eshna Sharma | Aug 20, 2021
The quintessential prey
Care, coexistence and predation in a recent Hindi film on human-animal relations.
Megnaa Mehtta | Jul 26, 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 hierarchy of higher education
How government intervention in Indian universities has undermined academic freedom.
Arghya Bhaskar | Feb 01, 2021
Becoming Kamala Devi Harris
When Brahmin and Black identities converge.
Radhika Parameswaran and Pallavi Rao | Oct 28, 2020
Sustaining the myth of merit
How technical knowledge became the preserve of a ‘meritorious’ upper-caste elite.
The Editors | Oct 20, 2020
Who doesn’t put ghee in their khichuri?
On food and representation, online and offline.
Debolina Dey | Sep 11, 2020
Reframing the Dalit experience
A new photobook on Dalits in Nepal brings out previously unheard voices and unseen visions.
Laxmi Murthy | Aug 22, 2019
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