The Story of the Kathputli Colony
The Kathpulti Colony derives its name from a traditional art practiced in Rajasthan with string puppets….
2014
Why Democracy is an Ass
Tired of the heavy duty exit polls and high decibel election debates? Get a Mathematician’s perspective…
A Brief History of Election Symbols
Ever heard of symbolic voting? Well, there’s a literal version of that, whose impact is much…
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…
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…