The Silence and Symbolism of Hate

Hate crime laws can be effective only if the legal system engages with how strategic silences and symbolic language often render hate speech elusive, slippery, and impenetrable to legal consequences.▶04-Aug-2022

August 5, 2022

The Symbolism of Hate; Reconceptualising Women’s Work; The Narmada Andolan; & more

The Silence and Symbolism of Hate

Hate crime laws can be effective only if the legal system engages with how strategic silences and symbolic language often render hate speech elusive, slippery, and impenetrable to legal consequences.
▶04-Aug-2022

Reconceptualising Women’s Work in the the National Sample Survey

A good approach to build a new framework for measuring women’s work better is for the National Statistical Office to accept the definitions and categories recommended in 2013 by the 19th…
▶04-Aug-2022
Santosh Mehrotra
Explainer

Supreme Court Endorses Enhanced Powers of Enforcement Directorate

The court accepted the government’s contention that the ED's powers did not need further checks to place it at par with the standards of justice applied in other criminal trials.
▶02-Aug-2022
Umang Poddar
Book
Review

The Narmada Andolan in the Words of Adivasi Leaders

An account of the Narmada Bachao Andolan’s activities woven from the memories of two Adivasi activists, who were in the midst of it all, provides rich insights into the movement and gives voice to…
▶01-Aug-2022
Kalpana Sharma

SV Srinivas on films and masculinities

In the last episode of this season, SV Srinivas speaks about hypermasculinity and violence in films like Kabir Singh and Pushpa.
▶29-Jul-2022
S.V. Srinivas

Sahir Ludhianvi's Song for a 'New India': Circa 2022

Sahir's lyrics for the Hindi film 'Didi' (1959) continue to have great contemporary relevance.
▶27-Jul-2022
Alok Sheel

The Stranglehold Continues at the WTO

The World Trade Organization may have given up on its ambitious trade agendas of the 1990s, but its decisions on individual issues continue to be controlled by the US and the EU. Despite public…
▶27-Jul-2022
D. Ravi Kanth

The Quiet Violence of the Remaking of Mumbai

An online exhibition on the transformation of Mumbai explores how the marginalised populations in the city have experienced the upheavals and how they have responded.
▶25-Jul-2022
Himanshu Burte, Amita Bhide, Lalitha Kamath, Ratoola Kundu

On cinema and politics in south India (Podcast)

In the third episode of our latest podcast exploring films, Madhava Prasad discusses 'cinepolitics' in south India.
▶21-Jul-2022
Madhava Prasad

Are We Ready for the Digital University?

The government is pushing ahead with its plans for a digital university; elsewhere it is pressing universities to offer online courses. Norms are being diluted and EdTech is becoming a central player…
▶20-Jul-2022
Furqan Qamar