Faux Populi: The Farce of Democratic Elections in Kashmir
Cynicism spurs people to vote against their interest rather than stay at home… a militant expatriate…
May, 2014
Beef, Babasaheb & Bhadrolok
Kolkata witnessed its first Beef Festival in April last year at an academic space but it…
So where is the damned wave?
If the mainstream media is to be believed, the nation is buoyantly swept up by the…
Kindred Spirits
A Review of Azad Essa’s No Country For the Poor By Thomas Crowley Spoiler alert! I am going…
The Making, Unmaking and Remaking of Sunny Leone: A Female Bollywood Star in Neoliberal Times
On 22 March 2014, actor Sunny Leone and producer Ekta Kapoor appeared on Colors channel’s TRP…
Violent Frontiers
Every day, women in Bangladesh are forging new paths and crossing new frontiers despite enormous barriers…
Majoritarianism and the (Im)Possibility of Democracy in South Asia
All over South Asia, the rising tide of majoritarian nationalisms is threatening the rights of minorities…
The Maverick Maestro
A tribute and an introduction (for those of us who may need it), to the late,…
Extract from THE FRAGRANCE OF GUAVA: Garcia Marquez on Politics
Gabriel García Márquez, whose absence will continue to be mourned for a very long time and…
Cutting through the haze…
Everyone deserves a second chance but they don’t always get one. Bappa C was twelve when…