Equality Alternative Narratives from New Indian Indie Cinema July 25, 2017 0 Written by Ashvin I Devasundaram. Socio-political states of flux and volatile national zeitgeists are often engines for inventive and interrogative cinematic forms. I view India’s…
Hindu Nationalism As Hindu nationalism surges in India, cows are protected – minorities not so much April 28, 2017 1 Written by Aftab Alam. Indolent Indian cows sitting or eating on the busiest roads of the country’s cities are common sights for anyone who has…
conflict The Vulnerability of Christians in India Today April 28, 2017 1 Written by M. Sudhir Selvaraj The Social Hostility Index, which was released last week by the Pew Research Centre, ranked India fourth in terms of…
Asia Liberalization, development, and religious minorities in India: A capital idea April 28, 2017 0 Written by Paul S. Rowe. The story of Narendra Modi’s dramatic rise to power in India centres at least in part on his government’s ability…
Asia Indian India Purged of Christians? April 28, 2017 0 Written by John Dayal Sometime in 1996, the redoubtable Swami Garran Kishore, a prominent leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, and his colleagues in the…
Food Security The Beef Ban in India April 27, 2017 0 Written by Richardson Wilson Food is at the epicentre of human life. It is not only essential for survival but the need to have access…
conflict A Survey of Violence Against Religious Minorities in India April 25, 2017 1 Written by Ram Puniyani. For centuries, India has been a diverse, plural society inhabited by followers of many faiths and languages and a plethora of cultures. Its…
Hindu Nationalism Anti-Muslim Extremism and Violence in Sri Lanka April 24, 2017 2 Written by Neil DeVotta. Sri Lanka’s vicious civil war ended in May 2009, amidst war crimes allegations, when government forces routed the separatist Liberation Tigers…
Hindu Nationalism The Emergence of a New Political Order March 24, 2017 2 Written by Aarti Subramanium. Defying predictions, expectations and the ubiquitous opinion polls, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) came to power in four out of the five…
Elections The Opportunities and Challenges for Democracy in a BJP- Dominant Era March 23, 2017 0 Written by Rekha Diwakar. Many scholars and commentators had termed the 2014 Indian national election as being historic and epochal, where a single party, the…
