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Food and Identity

A cookbook reveals itself as an ethnography of Dalits lives and spaces carved out of an oppressive caste system.
▶08-Apr-2025
Vinay Kumar
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Reorienting the Lens on Judicial Reforms

Most litigants will never end up in a high court; their cases will remain in the labyrinths of district courts. Yet, reforms at the base of the judicial pyramid have not got the required attention.
▶02-Apr-2025
Abhinav Sekhri
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History of Hyderabad’s Accession Revisited: Interpretation or Manipulation?

‘What we learn from this volume is that there was (and still is) enough blame to go around for the tragic events of September 1948. And that the polarisation of opinion between accession and…
▶24-Mar-2025
Sukumar Muralidharan
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The Pleasures of Cycling

Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria rides alongside cyclists to see how people’s cycling experiences reflect their views of city streets and infrastructure. Their stories are invaluable for creating a better…
▶13-Mar-2025
Sujeet Kumar
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Speaking for Nature’s Spokespersons

The early environmentalists featured in ‘Speaking with Nature’ offer insights crucial for restoring our connection with nature. Modern India must embrace these insights to avert the looming…
▶10-Mar-2025
Ashish Kothari
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Marginalising Minorities

The state’s administrative, legal, and judicial systems institutionalise bias, rendering marginalisation of minorities an entrenched aspect of governance.
▶06-Mar-2025
Aamir Raza
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How Humans Ravaged the Earth—And Themselves Too

Sunil Amrith's "The Burning Earth" is 'history as literature and history as social science, and occasionally, history as natural history as well. It blends and brings together…
▶24-Feb-2025
Ramachandra Guha
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A Call to Understand, Feel, and Act

Bela Bhatia fervently urges privileged groups to recognise and respond to the struggles of the marginalised. She acknowledges caste’s influence, but does not fully confront its pervasive role,…
▶13-Feb-2025
Gita Ramaswamy
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Savarkar's Poems, the Sharp Edge of Hindutva

Savarkar's Marathi writings are key to understanding his political thought. His literary work laid the groundwork for his ideas of Hindutva and devastatingly magnified the popularity of his…
▶10-Feb-2025
Surajkumar Thube
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How Hinduism Dealt with British Colonialism

‘Manu Pillai has the skill to pull arguments, hypotheses, theories, & anecdotes from a number of vast & varied sources. He then arranges them seamlessly in a composite narrative that reminds…
▶03-Feb-2025
Arshia Sattar