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Who gets to write about Ambedkar?
Six new reappraisals show the gulf between Dalit-Bahujan and anglophone writing on B R Ambedkar
Harish S Wankhede | Jul 28, 2023
Interfaith solidarity in the face of anti-Muslim violence on Ram Navami in India
Multiple Indian states saw organised anti-Muslim violence on the Hindu festival of Ram Navami. In parts of West Bengal, instances of compassion and interfaith solidarity that unfolded in response to the violence.
Astha Savyasachi | May 05, 2023
The cost of conscience
Megha Majumdar’s novel depicts a world where progress requires bigotry.
Atul Bhattarai | Nov 10, 2020
The myth of mainstream
On the dangerous trajectory of state institutions and popular media in India.
Chhetria Patrakar | Aug 22, 2020
Is the mob ruling the roost?
JNU violence shows the fringe is at the Centre.
Salil Tripathi | Jan 07, 2020
The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid imbroglio
Dispute, legal journey and the Supreme Court judgement.
Rakesh Shukla | Nov 25, 2019
Kashmir switched off
A ground report from the Valley in the weeks following lockdown.
Basharat Ali Iqbal Sonaullah and Mudasir Amin | Sep 11, 2019
Letter from America: Hindutva in Chicago
The World Hindu Congress in Chicago and the Hindu right’s plans to rebrand their ideology.
Slok Gyawali | Oct 26, 2018
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
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