How Marginalisation Threatens the Survival of Indigenous Communities
To be indigenous is to be severely marginalised in economy, politics, institutionalised knowledge, and institutionalised religion.
Why Pali Lost Out and Sanskrit Received More Than its Due
Our amnesia about how greatly Pali has contributed to all that we speak and think is not of recent origin.
Girl Power Revolution: Anupama Hireholi from Saundatti Creates History
Half a century after Vijay Tendulkar’s controversial play about the jogtin practice, the town will be known for something besides the Yellamma temple.
Despite the NCERT’s Shocking Move, Gandhi Lives on
The decision to drop the Gandhi assassination from the NCERT’s history textbook just cannot extinguish the Mahatma’s memory.
The Indian Ease with Translation and Multilingualism
It cannot be understood by an ideology that thinks of every “other” as an enemy within.
Why Indian Democracy Needs More ‘Unlettered’ Literary Figures
Those courageous voices would bring the republic back to the norms envisioned in the Constitution.
Women Who Make Us What We Are
The quiet, unstated strength of the people flow out of the millions of incarnations of Mother India.