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When the political times change, the civil servants learn to adapt. In the Old Testament the rule was to do nothing; in the new you learn to cook (not fry) a…
▶20-Dec-2022
A YouTube channel with more than a million followers is participating in the current surge in competitiveness of Indian chess. Chessbase India has a host,…
▶12-Dec-2022
The (erstwhile) Empire is under threat and the old heroes are recruited once more to vanquish the enemy. Their bravery is not to be questioned but there is a…
▶23-Nov-2022
"We were, in many ways, coached into listening—casually, closely, intimately, itinerantly—by the cassette tape. It made sound available to us beyond…
▶02-Oct-2022
A photo essay on the struggles of Indians in cities and towns for existence and dignity as they negotiate their lives every day.
▶16-Sep-2022
Sahir's lyrics for the Hindi film 'Didi' (1959) continue to have great contemporary relevance.
▶27-Jul-2022
Conversations between writers across India reveal similar processes of marginalisation spanning multiple communities. These insights offer ways for mutually…
▶05-Jul-2022
What can social science researchers discover if they stepped out of rigid frameworks of understanding deprivation and asked ‘subjects’ about their joys and…
▶04-May-2022
A teacher of many decades in schools and colleges reflects on what students get energised by and what teachers could stimulate in their pupils.
▶07-Apr-2022
From the early 20th century onwards, US Immigrants of South Asian origin—referred to as 'Hindus'—had to confront laws in many states against '…
▶09-Feb-2022
Godavari Dange developed a model of farming that enabled vulnerable women farmers in drought-struck Marathwada to stay food secure. Her life story captures the…
▶02-Feb-2022
In the 1930s, a spate of murders claimed the lives of several Punjabi men in California’s Central Valley region. US police and press were quick to ascribe…
▶09-Jun-2021