Gandhi and Liberal Modernity: The Vexed Question of Caste

Gandhi’s thinking on caste must be frameworked within his opposition to capitalist modernity and its destructive effects on the peasant. His ambivalences on caste owe to his efforts to integrate his idealized philosophical stances with his responses to the contingencies of the freedom struggle.▶02-Aug-2023
Akeel Bilgrami

August 4, 2023

Gandhi on caste, Fertility and childlessness, The origins of Pakistan, and more

Assisted Conception in India: Issues, Conflicts and Controversies

Assisted reproduction clinics in India opportunistically draw on socio-moral ideas regarding fertility and childlessness.
▶03-Aug-2023
Anindita Majumdar
Essay

Gandhi and Liberal Modernity: The Vexed Question of Caste

Gandhi’s thinking on caste must be frameworked within his opposition to capitalist modernity and its destructive effects on the peasant. His ambivalences on caste owe to his efforts to integrate his…
▶02-Aug-2023
Akeel Bilgrami
Book
Book Review

Pakistan: Learning from Looking Within

In a work of deep introspection that is free of rhetoric, well-known Pakistani nuclear physicist and essayist, Pervez Hoodbhoy re-examines the history of his country, asking how it got to where it is…
▶01-Aug-2023
Nirupama Subramanian

Criminalising Marital Rape in India

The judiciary's disinclination to criminalise marital rape flows from a vertical approach to constitutional rights, which fosters a public-private divide to the disadvantage of women. A…
▶31-Jul-2023
Swarati Sabhapandit

The Business of News EP 2: The Challenges Ahead

Rohan Venkat speaks with Gaurav Arora, Chief Operating Officer at Jagran New Media and Ramanathan S, head of revenue and product at The News Minute, on how programmatic ads and brand studios have…
▶30-Jul-2023
The India Forum

Gendered Violence in the Context of Ethnic Violence in Manipur

Greeshma Kuthar speaks to women leaders from the Kuki-Zo community about gendered violence in Manipur. The women leaders discuss ethical reportage of sexual assault in the context of ethnic violence…
▶28-Jul-2023
Suno India

In Manipur's Horrifying Video, a Reflection of India's Indifference

Public reactions to the horrific video from Manipur cannot stop with empathy. Will that horrific image jolt our humanity and bestir an apathetic state?
▶26-Jul-2023
Ipsita Chakravarty

While We Watched the Decline of TV News

‘While We Watched’, a documentary on the journalist Ravish Kumar, is a courageous film that tells the story of our times, specifically the steady decline in the quality of TV journalism.
▶24-Jul-2023
Kalyani Raghunathan

India’s Chip Policy: An Intelligent Roadmap or a Game of Darts?

It is in India’s interest to addresses the scepticism around its semiconductor policy and provide clarity to stakeholders who wish to associate with it. It has to give up thinking that a policy on…
▶24-Jul-2023
Ankur Bisen

How Far Have We Come in Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Adolescents?

The sexual and reproductive health and rights situation of adolescents in India has undoubtedly improved. But the National Family Health Survey also shows that progress has been slow and uneven, and…
▶24-Jul-2023
K.G. Santhya