Guest Post by JANAKI NAIR Images by CLARE ARNI Inside the home of Arun, standing in front of the mural he created (August 2021) Twenty one years ago, the photographer Clare Arni and I meandered through Murphy Town, shooting images for my exhibition and book on Bangalore. I had eyes only for the physical-material fabric … Continue reading Knoxpet to Murphy Town – and back: Janaki Nair →
Guest post by RAJINDER CHAUDHARY पंद्रह दिन एक व्यस्क मरीज़ के साथ कोरोना वार्ड में गुज़ार के जब मैं अपने शहर पहुंचा तो पाया कि मेरे सैक्टर को ही कन्टेन्मन्ट ज़ोन बना रखा था. कन्टेन्मन्ट ज़ोन यानी ऐसा इलाका जिस में आने-जाने के रास्ते बंद किये हुए थे ताकि कोरोना पीड़ित इस सैक्टर में आवाजाही … Continue reading क्या इस तरह भारत में कोरोना कभी ख़त्म होगा?
This is a guest post by FULANA DETAIL The post below is hard to read. It is written with a great deal of rage and pain and grief. It is a post about sexual violence. It is not explicit in any way. It does not describe sexual violence. It describes the feeling of being before … Continue reading An Exorcism For Every Woman and A Curse on Every Man: Fulana Detail →
This is the final post in a series on Delhi that does not talk only of the narrow lanes of Shahjahanabad, the Mughalia, aka Mughlai delights and the lip-smacking Chaats of Chandni Chowk or the grand ruins of the seven Delhis and the wide open spaces and broad roads, but a series that also looks … Continue reading What is a city – Dilli hai jiska naam IX: Sohail Hashmi →
Guest post by MOHAN RAO “And yet there must be deliverance for we are all otherwise convicted at birth.” I want to thank Srivats and Anveshi for inviting to be part of a discussion about the book, Caste as Merit, by Ajantha Subramaniam.* I am not a scholar on these issues and I must confess … Continue reading Invention of Merit and the ‘Millstone of Caste’: Mohan Rao →
The Central government is playing with fire – and along with it the Supreme Court of India. They had banked upon the ‘Modi magic’ or ‘Modi charisma’ to see them through this time as well, just as it had on earlier gambles like demonetization. The overconfidence that they can push through anything- even … Continue reading The Farmers’ Struggle – The Govt is Making a Big Mistake →
We thought of a series on Delhi that does not talk only of the narrow lanes of Shahjahanabad, the Mughalia, aka Mughlai delights and the lip-smacking Chaats of Chandni Chowk or the grand ruins of the seven Delhis and the wide open spaces and broad roads, but a series that also looks at the way … Continue reading Can Delhi Experience Blue Yamuna once again? Dilli hai jiska naam VIII: Manoj Misra →
133 संगठनों और 858 लोगों की तरफ़ से जारी बयान Scrap the “Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance” Immediately इस बयान पर दस्तख़त करने वाले संगठनों और व्यक्तियों की फ़ेहरिस्त इसके अंग्रेज़ी वर्ज़न में देखें.
A STATEMENT BY 133 ORGANIZATIONS and 858 INDIVIDUALS Dear friends, At the age of 18, we can vote for our councilors, MLAs, MPs. At 18, we decide who will make and implement policies that affect us, our loved ones, our community, our country. At 18, we are supposed to be mature enough to responsibly exercise … Continue reading Scrap the “Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance” Immediately: A Statement →
We thought of a series on Delhi that does not talk only of the narrow lanes of Shahjahanabad, the Mughalia, aka Mughlai delights and the lip-smacking Chaats of Chandni Chowk or the grand ruins of the seven Delhis and the wide open spaces and broad roads, but a series that also looks at the way … Continue reading ONION CITY – Dilli hai jiska naam VII: Anisha Shekhar Mukherji →
