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The Hindi belt and the evolution of the idea of India

India, Aug. 23 -- In The Hindi Heartland, Ghazala Wahab expounds on an area that comprises various states of north India even as she questions the very idea of it: "[The] diversity of the Hindi heartl... Read More


Review: The Hindi Heartland by Ghazala Wahab

India, Aug. 22 -- In The Hindi Heartland, Ghazala Wahab expounds on an area that comprises various states of north India even as she questions the very idea of it: "[The] diversity of the Hindi heartl... Read More


Review: Asia After Europe by Sugata Bose

India, Aug. 21 -- In college, a professor often went on diatribes against Eurocentrism, the practice of viewing the world through the lens of the hegemonic West. While he earnestly taught us the presc... Read More


Review: Learning to Make Tea for One by Andaleeb Wajid

India, Aug. 9 -- There are perhaps few emotions as universal, yet as little discussed, as grief. Although religions have built extensive rituals around death and mourning, they are not as preoccupied ... Read More


Vivek Nityananda: "It's important to listen to dissenting voices"

India, Aug. 1 -- You have written many papers on insect behaviour, such as on how praying mantises detect prey. Could you talk about your research and its potential applications? In my work on insect... Read More


Review: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

India, June 11 -- Super, a 2010 Kannada film, imagines a strange but apt utopia. In its make-believe world, India has become a superpower in 2030. Indians are prosperous and have "white servants" with... Read More


Review: My Palestine; An Impossible Exile by Mohammad Tarbush

India, May 29 -- For over a year now, we have been witnessing the savagery and atrocities in Palestine, often recorded by gloating perpetrators. Palestinians are not only at the receiving end of the v... Read More