An account from Varanasi, where bhang and thandai struggle to survive the onslaught of LSD and Coca-Cola.
Shifting the debate on the Public Distribution System.
The politics of street food in India
A new book exposes the myths behind India's 'growth miracle', and looks for ways out of the ecological and social devastation of the current neoliberal model.
A colonial experiment in ethnographic photography offers a rare glimpse into Southasia’s communities circa the 19th century
Does Vijay Prashad’s Uncle Swami do justice to the US ‘desi’ identity?
India needs to own its historical secularism, rather than reject it as an alien concept, to move the country towards more just governance.
