Act in Leisure, Lie in Haste: Prime Minister Modi as Perpetual Saviour
As the BJP pulls out its old tactics of creating a spectacle of an emergency, the students returning from Ukraine have seen through the fraud and refused to play ball.
Beware of the Avalanche of Stupidity Threatening to Bury Us All
From the prime minister down, lies, fakery and bogus claims are growing at an alarming rate, and what is more, are believed.
The Legal Exception Forcing Married Indian Women Into a Cycle of Sexual Abuse and Spousal Violence
The Delhi High Court is soon to deliver a verdict on petitions arguing that marital rape should be a crime. Millions of Indian women are affected by spousal sexual violence. Counsellors and experts narrate how the absence of legal protection is forcing survivors into a cycle of sexual abuse and silence.
Indians Want Women to Have Equal Rights as Men, But Still Want Men to Get the Jobs
According to a recent Pew survey, although eight out of 10 Indians said that gender equality is “very important”, at the same time, 80 per cent of those surveyed agreed that when jobs are in short supply, men deserve greater rights to employment than women.
The ‘Model’ of Social and Economic Change in Tamil Nadu
Book Review: Kalaiyarasan A. and Vijaybaskar M., “The Dravidian Model: Interpreting the Political Economy of Tamil Nadu”. The central idea is that the anti-Brahmin movement became the site for the construction of an inclusive Dravidian identity cutting across various caste groups.
The Shattering of the Muslim Hope in India
A young Muslim reflects on the collapse of constitutional promises and on the everyday fears and dilemmas faced by the minorities.
How Gujarat 2002 Turned India Into a Nation of Pathological Liars
Gujarat in 2002 was already living in the post-truth era, much before the world started using this term. And Gujarat then was a sign of what India, as a whole, was to become.
The Soul-Wounds of Massacre, or Why We Should Not Forget the 2002 Gujarat Pogrom
Every second Indian was born and raised in times of aggressive majoritarianism, and also in neoliberal India, with no memory of another country, as it was imagined, and imperfectly lived.
In Delhi, Anganwadi Workers are Fighting for Higher Pay and Social Security
The workers, who are crucial for keeping critical health and nutrition programmes running, are not adequately compensated and protected against Covid-19.
How the Architecture of Trolley Towns of the Farmers’ Movement Was a Protest in Itself
By modifying the form and shape of the tractor-trolley, the farmers and their allies created a symbol of the working class with no state control or sponsorship and no commodification by any private player.