The crisis of Ebola
Ebola might be at the furthermost corner of our minds but how well prepared are we…
Politics & Society
Confessions of a Gandhi-Hater
(He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style – Leo…
Kolkata’s very own Malala
Dilnashin Alamgir is a name yet unknown to most … but her struggles for the cause…
When Pigs Fly
In this edition of Qafe, Paramita Banerjee trains her gaze on the dirt that Modi’s brooms…
Not the detail of my death
Recently two innocent civilians were killed and two others were injured in Kashmir when the Indian…
The Spectre of 3 digits and a TV show
Aamir Khan’s Tv show ‘Satyameva Jayate’ recently telecast an episode on non-normative sexualities. While some gender…
Home and the World: Indian Americans and their “unnatural” Political Comfort Zone
Even though the Republicans are quite akin to the Narendra Modi led BJP government in terms…
#NotMODIfied
The contrasting mass media reception of Narendra Modi’s visit to USA in the foreign press and…
Waiting for the Messiah : Modi and the real
The popular reception and media construction of Modi has canonized him to be a Messianic figure…
True Love, in the time of Hindu Rashtra
The BJP government succeeded a period of utter chaos (read UPA II) and ushered in an…