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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.
Nalini Malani Makes New Myths for our Present Day
The pioneering video artist on layering the literary and invoking horror.
Nalini Malani Makes New Myths for our Present Day
The pioneering video artist on layering the literary and invoking horror.
Delhi Sultanate’s Potent Rhythms
Dancehall musician Taru Dalmia is channeling resistance songs from across India into new musical groundswells.
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.
On Aspiration and Discrimination: The Janaagraha-Brown India Initiative Citizenship Index
Three scholars speak about measuring citizenship in urban India.
On Aspiration and Discrimination: The Janaagraha-Brown India Initiative Citizenship Index
Three scholars speak about measuring citizenship in urban India.
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.
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