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The twitching of the veil

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- As a journalist, I've travelled around the world, written about places and people. But there are always some experiences that stay in the margins, never making it to the final co... Read More


Uncounted lives

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The inadequacies of India's healthcare system are an oft-repeated refrain in civil society and policy advocacy circles and are quite familiar to those engaged with providing heal... Read More


Beyond the factory floor

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Today, industrial policy is widely regarded as an indispensable tool as governments navigate protectionist and strategic trade policies, rapid technological shifts, and geopoliti... Read More


Passage to Ceylon

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Ajay Kamalakaran'sColombo: Port of Callis a charming collage of historical figures plomping themselves in the Lankan beach capital. Structured as a straightforward collection of ... Read More


Nehru, Kashmir, and the Indus Waters Treaty

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- A historian once remarked that historical facts are like pieces of fish and the function of a historian is to connect them to make a meaningful whole. However, the events of the ... Read More


Bhagwat's platitudes, and the caste truth the RSS cannot outrun

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- An old saying, "an empty vessel makes the most sound," came back to me once again while listening to Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), address the yo... Read More


Confused by Gandhi in jeans

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The thread of the BJP's hubris runs from Jantar Mantar to Bankipur. The last few weeks must count among the most unsettling the BJP has faced since it stormed to power in Delhi 1... Read More


Beaten, broken, tracked

New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- On July 20, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) gave a "Sansad Chalo" call to people across Delhi, exhorting them to march to Parliament. At that time, the CJP, along with other stud... Read More


It was one big protestival

New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- I saw a video on Instagram, the lingua franca and driving engine of the Gen Z protests, where a bunch of influencers were talking of "how the protest zone does not look like Indi... Read More


The CJP made the passage from screen to street: Arvind Rajagopal

New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- Arvind Rajagopal is professor of media studies at New York University, with affiliated faculty appointments in sociology and social and cultural analysis. His books include Polit... Read More