Comment / Members-only An unjust war: ‘Love Jihad’ and honour killings are strategies to quell challenges to caste, class and gender conventions During his tenth class exam, the one thing that had pushed Faisal to study hard was his father's promise to buy him a cellphone that would "click By Neha Dixit / 27 Dec 2015
Comment / Members-only Reasoning with intolerance The defence raised by the rightwing apologists about growing intolerance needs to be addressed By Ajay Gudavarthy / 25 Dec 2015
Comment / Members-only Pride and prejudice FROM THE ARCHIVE: How the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government was trying to ram through a Hindu sectarian agenda in culture and education in 1999. By Praful Bidwai / 26 Jun 2015
Politics / Members-only The sanitising power of spoken Sanskrit Revived interest in Sanskrit study in India reveals patriotism and a problematic nationalism. By Patrick McCartney / 27 Feb 2014
Comment / Members-only Delhi – Yangon – Delhi A trip across borders geographical, political and cultural unravels the complex histories between India, Myanmar and their peoples By Nandita Haksar / 15 Jan 2013
Reviews / Members-only Diabolic designs and demonic actions Subash Gatade’s books uncover the correlations between resurgent Hindutva and the ascendance of neoliberalism. By Anand Teltumbde / 15 Jan 2013
Archives / Members-only Tidbits of the region’s media Okay, first things first. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) cadres need to understand what 'irony' means. Seriously. A group of them 'protested' (read: screamed, burnt tyres, brandished By Chhetria Patrakar / 1 Aug 2010
Archives / Members-only Dominating the diaspora The vehement arguments of some high-profile Hindu groups notwithstanding, the UK's new Equality Bill will include some reference to caste. By Priyamvada Gopal / 1 Apr 2010