nationalism

At the Indian Coffee House

On the Indian Coffee House and the 16th-century Sufi saint who introduced the beans to the Subcontinent.

| Feb 05, 2019

When mountains die they turn white

The leaders of India and Pakistan have now appropriated to themselves, as others had done before, the power that was God’s alone – to kill mountains, make the earth quake, bring the sea to boil, …

| Aug 29, 2016

Constrained democracy

How far can Aung San Suu Kyi push Buddhist nationalists and the military to accept the mandate to bring about change?  

| Aug 09, 2016

The Right-Side-Up Map of Southasia

For parallel identities in Southasia, beyond the nation-states

| Mar 14, 2016

Nationalism, Hindutva and India

Reexamining the idea of India

| Mar 04, 2016

To Modi, with love

The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be enjoying Pahlaj Nihalani's nationalist agitprop.

| Nov 17, 2015

Cinema and the melodrama of nationalism

Understanding the recent furore over Hindi cinema in Bangladesh.

| Sep 15, 2015

Reading the nation in war

A review of Gita Viswanath’s book on Indian military literature and Hindi war cinema.

| Nov 14, 2014

The sanitising power of spoken Sanskrit

Revived interest in Sanskrit study in India reveals patriotism and a problematic nationalism.

| Feb 27, 2014

Agent provocateur par excellence

Ashis Nandy’s new book explores Indian narcissism, patriotism and nationalism.

| Dec 04, 2013

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