A Non-Place by the Sea

When a storm destroyed Dhanushkodi, the government ordered it emptied. Fifty years later, we meet the people who stayed.

A Non-Place by the Sea

When a storm destroyed Dhanushkodi, the government ordered it emptied. Fifty years later, we meet the people who stayed.

A still image from "In Search of Vanished Blood (2012)"

Nalini Malani Makes New Myths for our Present Day

The pioneering video artist on layering the literary and invoking horror.

A still image from "In Search of Vanished Blood (2012)"

Nalini Malani Makes New Myths for our Present Day

The pioneering video artist on layering the literary and invoking horror.

Taru Dalmia (left) collaborating with the musician Lima (right) in the tribal village of Kucheipadar in South Orissa.

Delhi Sultanate’s Potent Rhythms

Dancehall musician Taru Dalmia is channeling resistance songs from across India into new musical groundswells.

Taru Dalmia (left) collaborating with the musician Lima (right) in the tribal village of Kucheipadar in South Orissa.

Delhi Sultanate’s Potent Rhythms

Dancehall musician Taru Dalmia is channeling resistance songs from across India into new musical groundswells.

Sanity at Stake in a Trash-Burdened Village

A community in Kerala protesting the deleterious effects of a garbage dump gone wrong.

Sanity at Stake in a Trash-Burdened Village

A community in Kerala protesting the deleterious effects of a garbage dump gone wrong.

Wharfage
/ Art

A Cosmic Amplitude: CAMP

From the rooftop terrace, a sliver of ocean is within sight.

Wharfage
/ Art

A Cosmic Amplitude: CAMP

From the rooftop terrace, a sliver of ocean is within sight.

Skyscrapers and Social Movements: Patrick Heller on Building an Inclusive India

A sociologist living and learning in the world’s most amazing laboratory.

Skyscrapers and Social Movements: Patrick Heller on Building an Inclusive India

A sociologist living and learning in the world’s most amazing laboratory.

The Kachchhi Salt Pans

On India’s Gujarati coast, migrant laborers toil for months harvesting crystals of the sea.

The Kachchhi Salt Pans

On India’s Gujarati coast, migrant laborers toil for months harvesting crystals of the sea.

Sounding Through The Trees: Vivek Narayanan

Intuiting language and the unknown across a poet’s journeyed life.

Sounding Through The Trees: Vivek Narayanan

Intuiting language and the unknown across a poet’s journeyed life.

A Living Language: Meena Kandasamy on Poetic Resistance

Wielding poetry to unseat social inequalities and unsettle apathetic publics.

A Living Language: Meena Kandasamy on Poetic Resistance

Wielding poetry to unseat social inequalities and unsettle apathetic publics.