Book Review Book Review: 'Why Do You Fear My Way So Much?' by G.N. Saibaba exhibits a fearless mindDivya TrivediA new collection of letters and poems by G.N. Saibaba brings us the undefeated voice of the jailed professor.
Book Review Book Review: Laura T. Murphy's ‘Azad Nagar: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt’ asks questions on the price of freedomVasundhara Sirnate
Economic Perspectives Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfersC.P. Chandrasekhar
CINEMA 'Mi Vasantrao' captures the making of maverick classical vocalist Vasantrao DeshpandeGouri Dange
Cover Story: Language Imperialism/Tamil Nadu A history of resistance: Tamil Nadu's struggle against Hindi impositionR.K. RadhakrishnanPolitical parties across the spectrum oppose the imposition of Hindi in Tamil Nadu. Anti-Hindi struggle in the State dates back to pre-Independence da
Custodial death in Chennai Spectre of brutality: Custodial death in Chennai shocks Tamil NaduIlangovan RajasekaranThe custodial death of a Dalit youth in Chennai again sparks outrage and highlights the urgent need to humanise the police force.
'The Waste Land' turns 100 'The Waste Land' by T.S. Eliot: A poem of its momentTabish Khair The significance of ‘The Waste Land’, which turns 100 this year, and the continuing appeal of T.S. Eliot’s oeuvre.
Gaming addiction Hunger games: Addiction to mobile games on the riseGirish DalviMalay DhameliaGaming apps on mobile phones seem to be the latest craze in India, but on the flip side an increasing number of ‘addicts’, finding themselves sadd
The Economy Reviving India’s beleaguered creative economyJayati GhoshThe creative sector, which holds immense potential for employment generation and a healthier, happier population, suffered a body blow during the pand
Religion & politics The changing contours of Hinduism Divya TrivediAs the Hindutva project continues to import ideas of homogeneity from the Abrahamic faiths to strengthen the idea of a single identity for all Hindus,
Communalism Raj Thackeray's 'loudspeaker' campaign targeting Muslims in Maharashtra backfires Lyla BavadamRaj Thackeray’s attempt to regain political relevance by targeting Muslims through his loudspeaker campaign does not find any takers in Maharashtra.
Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti on J&K delimitation: ‘Disempowering Muslims’Anando BhaktoInterview with Mehbooba Mufti, Peoples Democratic Party leader.
COVID-19 Update Central government rejects WHO’s estimate of India's COVID deathsR. Ramachandran The Indian government has rejected outright the WHO estimate that COVID-19 caused 4.7 million additional deaths in the country in 2020-21 and question
Bihar political churn Twists and turns: BJP and Nitish Kumar joust in BiharVenkitesh Ramakrishnan With the BJP trying to assert its supremacy in Bihar and Nitish Kumar neutralising its attempts with clear anti-Hindutva messaging and overt gestures
Uniform Civil Code Uniform Civil Code: BJP's proposal raises concerns of anti-minority measuresT.K. RajalakshmiThere are genuine apprehensions that a proposal for a uniform civil code coming from the BJP will ultimately be less about uniformity and equality and
Economic Perspectives Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfersC.P. ChandrasekharAlthough the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the o
Book Review Book Review: 'Why Do You Fear My Way So Much?' by G.N. Saibaba exhibits a fearless mindDivya TrivediA new collection of letters and poems by G.N. Saibaba brings us the undefeated voice of the jailed professor.
Book Review Book Review: Laura T. Murphy's ‘Azad Nagar: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt’ asks questions on the price of freedomVasundhara SirnateAn interesting case study on the Kol people of Azad Nagar who bought their way out of slavery, this book talks of how revolutions can become fractured
Cover Story: Language imposition and North-East India Centre's aggressive push for Hindi as North-East India's 'link language' threatens to expose ethnic fault linesSushanta Talukdar The Central government’s efforts to push Hindi as the link language has the potential to expose linguistic fault lines in the north-eastern region w
Cover Story: Pasha Bhai Dakhni Urdu rapper Pasha Bhai's quest for selfhood in BengaluruVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDPasha Bhai’s journey from the Muslim ghetto of Neelasandra to the posh clubs of Bengaluru is as much a story about his art as about Dakhni Urdu, the
CINEMA 'Mi Vasantrao' captures the making of maverick classical vocalist Vasantrao DeshpandeGouri DangeThe Marathi film Mi Vasantrao on famed classical singer Vasantrao Deshpande takes us into the very essence of his life.
Cover Story: Language Imperialism Language in education: There's power in multilingualismRama Kant AgnihotriTo address the issue of language in education, we first need to abandon the elite concept of a ‘pure and standard’ language. All languages are equ
Cover Story: Language Imperialism Linguistic imperialism: BJP pronouncements on promoting Hindi spark outrageT.K. RajalakshmiThe BJP’s periodic pronouncements on making Hindi the single national language are proof of its inability to understand that India’s enormous ling
Guest Column The Sedition Law: Landmark orderArvind NarrainThe recent Supreme Court directive that puts on hold Section 124 A of the IPC offers a ray of hope despite its weak wording. It acknowledges that the
Sri Lanka Crisis Gotabaya Rajapaksa: The making and unmaking of a President R.K.RadhakrishnanMahinda Rajapaksa resigned after the May 9 violence in Colombo, but his replacement, Ranil Wickremesinghe, looks more like part of the problem than a
Interview: Jignesh Mevani Jignesh Mevani: ‘The BJP sees me as a threat’ Anupama Katakam Interview with Jignesh Mevani, independent MLA in Gujarat.
Cover Story: Language Imperialism Audrey Truschke: ‘Attempts to impose Hindi not new’ Divya TrivediInterview with Audrey Truschke, author and activist.
Cover Story: Language Imperialism The curious case of Urdu Anando BhaktoBut if Urdu was invented as late as the 17th century, how does one account for the its use in the compositions of Amir Khusrau, an Indo-Persian Sufi p
Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfers Although the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the o
SlideshowLiving on the edgeThey are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis