The acclaimed comic-journalist discusses ‘The Once and Future Riot’, violence as a political tool, and the controversy surrounding Penguin India’s decision not to distribute his book
New Delhi’s redistricting of Ladakh has raised fears of Muslim marginalisation and heightened tensions with the Buddhist community, threatening a Leh–Kargil alliance demanding statehood and rights
The journalist and writer Zeyad Masroor Khan talks to Harsh Mander about his childhood in Aligarh and the deepening communal divisions in present-day India
New Delhi continues to expect deference from Dhaka, but Tarique Rahman’s BNP administration has a stronger position in negotiations with India than previous Bangladesh governments
The educationist, writer and activist Syeda Hameed remembers the first decade of free India as one of immense hope in this conversation with Harsh Mander
As vehicles for Hindu Right ideology and pro-Modi propaganda, ‘Dhurandhar’ and ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ first blur the lines of reality before overtly glorifying anti-Muslim violence
Protests in India-administered Kashmir over Gaza and the Iran war express international solidarity, but also resistance to the Indian state amid its repression and growing ties to Israel
The historian Irfan Habib talks to Harsh Mander about how the Hindu right is manufacturing the subcontinent’s history, with the support of the BJP leadership
