Category Archives: Politics

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.

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.

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.

An India with Humanity at its Core: J. Devika on Fighting for a New Nation

A scholar-activist’s “other” India, built from the struggles within.

An India with Humanity at its Core: J. Devika on Fighting for a New Nation

A scholar-activist’s “other” India, built from the struggles within.

At Midnight, A City Chimes With Discontent

Jostling for a voice and imagining a humane India for women.

At Midnight, A City Chimes With Discontent

Jostling for a voice and imagining a humane India for women.

Growth by Daylight: Gurcharan Das on Awakening the Indian State

Institutional slumber is cramping India’s potential panache.

Growth by Daylight: Gurcharan Das on Awakening the Indian State

Institutional slumber is cramping India’s potential panache.