Of Chachas and Chamchas
Criticising the production qualities of propaganda videos is not the point. Their reactionary, jingoistic message is…
Dadri As Development
Mohammed Akhlaq’s lynching wasn’t a historical anomaly. As Walter Benjamin put it, “the ‘state of emergency’…
Presidential Predicaments
Kalam and Kanye embody the binary of good minority/bad minority. On 28 August, the New Delhi…
Guests, Some More Equal Than Others
The new Atithi Devo Bhava ads might be slicker than the original campaign, but carry some…
Of Swimming Pools and Land Pools
The shared logic of SEZs and Smart Cities must be rejected if we are to avoid…
Consume With Care
The cause of environmentalism has been embraced by precisely those who are doing the most environmental…
The Torrid, Horrid (and Sordid) Days of Summer
We need to make sense of the senseless violence that breaks out in this time of…
Food Fights
The manufactured controversy around Shobhaa Dé’s tweets reveals the extent to which the political discourse in…
Self-Inflicted Wounds
Taking a cue from the recent leaked audio file of AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, Thomas Crowley…
Satire, Online and On the Streets
Thomas Crowley talks about Sanjay Rajoura and his style of comedy and interrogates the satire scene…