nationalism
At the Indian Coffee House
On the Indian Coffee House and the 16th-century Sufi saint who introduced the beans to the Subcontinent.
Nandita Haksar | 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, …
Eqbal Ahmad | 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?
Benedict Rogers | Aug 09, 2016
The Right-Side-Up Map of Southasia
For parallel identities in Southasia, beyond the nation-states
The Editors | Mar 14, 2016

To Modi, with love
The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be enjoying Pahlaj Nihalani's nationalist agitprop.
Shubhanga Pandey | Nov 17, 2015
Cinema and the melodrama of nationalism
Understanding the recent furore over Hindi cinema in Bangladesh.
Lotte Hoek | Sep 15, 2015
Reading the nation in war
A review of Gita Viswanath’s book on Indian military literature and Hindi war cinema.
Subarno Chattarji | Nov 14, 2014
The sanitising power of spoken Sanskrit
Revived interest in Sanskrit study in India reveals patriotism and a problematic nationalism.
Patrick McCartney | Feb 27, 2014
Agent provocateur par excellence
Ashis Nandy’s new book explores Indian narcissism, patriotism and nationalism.
Rakesh Shukla | Dec 04, 2013



