February 3, 2023

India's Urdu press; India’s growth story; The rise of fascism; Shaheen Bagh; & more

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Book Review

Shaheen Bagh: A Vision of the Republic

The ‘Shaheen Bagh’ activism of women draws upon Ambedkar’s legacy to make connections between the attack on the citizenship of Muslims and the slide back in constitutional values.
▶02-Feb-2023
Navsharan Singh

India’s Urdu Press: A Bitter-Sweet Bicentenary

In the past 75 years a community of Urdu magazines that used to be read by the entire family has disappeared unmourned, so too their journalists and readers. There is also now no major Urdu newspaper…
▶01-Feb-2023
CM Naim

Why Fascism is on the Rise the World Over

Fascist parties have gained support the world over, even in European nations where they were once disavowed. A 'New Despotism' has emerged, which uses the trappings of democracy to…
▶01-Feb-2023
Kaushik Jayaram

Neoliberalism’s New Poster Child: Revisiting India’s “Growth Story”

Global investors and institutions have been hyping up the prospects for Indian economic growth in the medium term, but there is no evidence within India that the service sector and certainly not the…
▶30-Jan-2023
C.P. Chandrasekhar

Muslim Women Counterpublics: Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will

Muslim women respond to political trauma by exercising their citizenship and care work beyond the family. Their activism is not driven by patriarchal indoctrination, but by a belief that one cannot…
▶27-Jan-2023
Ghazala Jamil

Hockey World Cup 2023: An Enthusiastic Novice at Bhubaneshwar

If you know little of hockey and you watch an international game with a group of spectators who know just as little, it is a special experience especially when you are rooting for an Indian…
▶24-Jan-2023
Kalyani Raghunathan

The Case for Legalising LGBTQ+ Marriages

Legal recognition for marriage equality could strike at gender-unequal assumptions in family law and open possibilities for progressive reforms.
▶23-Jan-2023
Akshat Agarwal
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Book Review

Journey of a Friendship between two Film Directors: Kundan Shah and Saeed Mirza

It was the maelstrom among the 1970s generation of students at the Film and Television Institute of India that could yield an epic like ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron’.
▶23-Jan-2023
Ashish Rajadhyaksha

Executive’s Attempt to Discredit and Undermine Independence of the Judiciary

"'We the People' need to stand up to collectively raise their voices and demand that the central government and its functionaries stop the public attacks on the collegium and the…
▶20-Jan-2023
People's Union for Civil Liberties

Don't Judge the Past through the Eyes of the Present

It would be wrong to use present-day norms to label certain historical events as crimes. If we must judge the past, it should be in relation to its time, rather than our present.
▶19-Jan-2023
Alok Sheel