Activism New India, new era: Gunpoint democracy December 18, 2019 0 Image Credit: DSC_0920 by Suhas Das/Flickr; Licence : CC BY NC 2.0 Written by Nayan Jyoti. Assam has borne the brunt of a massive influx…
Article 370 News from Kashmir: The broader view September 6, 2019 0 Image Credit: flowcomm/Shekaras, Kashmir, Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Cynthia Mahmood. On 5 August 2019, the Government of India revoked Article 370 of the…
Asia The long read: Why was Kashmir special? August 12, 2019 1 Written by Andrew Whitehead. Image Credit: Algae Rhythm/Kashmir/Flickr; Licence: CC BY- NC- ND 2.0. So, what's so special about Kashmir? That's the question underlying the…
Asia Can the progressive-Left in India learn anything from the Right? July 8, 2019 2 Image Credit: Adam Jones/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 Written by Ajay Gudavarthy The question of the progressive-Left learning anything from the Right is nothing short of…
Beef ban Caste calculations and curry leaves: Dalits and the 2019 elections April 17, 2019 1 Written by Hugo Gorringe and Karthikeyan Damodaran. Dalit votes could be decisive in the 2019 general elections in India. One of the pillars of the…
Asia Nationalism, the Hindu State and Nuclear Power July 11, 2018 0 Written by Shreya Singh The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has been rhetorically assertive on nationalism, security, defense and geopolitical issues. This assertive stance seems to…
Hindu Nationalism Modi's Hindu nationalist program needs scrutiny, soon May 30, 2018 0 Written by Mark Rasquinha. “We must create an ecosystem so that people can thrive in our country,” said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to an…
Bangladesh Religious Fundamentalism: A Problem for India and Bangladesh in 2018 December 19, 2017 0 Written by Mriganka Mukhopadhyay. In February 2016, Ananya Azad, Shammi Haque and their friends created a Facebook event for organizing a 'Kiss of Love' campaign…
Elections Party organisation and the state of political parties in India August 17, 2017 1 Written by Dishil Shrimankar. Since independence in 1947, India has maintained a remarkable record of preserving procedural democracy (except a brief interregnum in 1975). A…
Beef ban A Cow Worshiper’s Ramrajya: Two Dalit Poems from Gujarat July 28, 2017 0 Translated and introduced by Gopika Jadeja. 11th July marked a year since four Dalit youths were stripped and brutally beaten for skinning a dead cow…