postcolonial
Caricature’s realism
Modernity and difference in a recent book on political cartoons in India.
Nandini Chandra | Oct 30, 2015
Banished and excluded: the Girmit of Fiji
The story of how the Empire’s forgotten slaves overcame the political legacy of colonialism.
Rajendra Prasad | Jan 02, 2015
Cinematic dissent
A new book on dissent in Southasian film highlights the gender, class, caste and religious fractures of the region.
Jyotika Virdi | Dec 12, 2013
An India at odds with itself
The ingredients are burning inside the melting pot. India’s people need plural rather than homogenous co-existence
Sumanta Banerjee | Jan 14, 2013
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