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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
Young rebellions
A new book chronicles the recent wave of youth movements in India against ascendant Hindutva and neoliberalism.
Anand Teltumbde | Jul 22, 2019
Letter of appreciation for those who miraculously escaped the manhole
A short story
Debojit Dutta | Jun 05, 2018
Questioning Sairat’s politics
The caste and gender dynamics of Nagraj Manjule’s ‘Sairat’.
Firdaus Soni | Jul 25, 2016
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