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Of Monsters and Men: JNU v/s the Anti-national State

Written by Sourya Reddy The day is like what’ve come to expect of any other in Delhi: filled with unease and tension over where the...

Why The Superhero vs Scorsese Episode Is Actually About Co-Existence in Cinema

“But that’s not cinema.” When Martin Scorsese uttered these four words, he probably didn’t know he was entering the volatile ring of millennial outrage, a...

Clicking, Waiting, Praying: The Mantras of Hindu Tech Startups

Written by Krishna Akhil “Software is eating the world” is the tagline of the prominent Silicon Valley investment firm Andreesen Horowitz. Trite and techno-deterministic as...

The CAA+NRC Protests: Who is the New Opposition in India?

Authored by Aarathi Ganesan Protests are erupting all over the country, some peaceful, some violent. Some feature students, others citizens, and some, according to the...

A Reprehensible Republic: Republic TV’s Hollow Coverage of the Abrogation of Article 370

In any healthy democracy, the mainstream media is entrusted with the role of a watchdog, expected to always hold power to account. Unfortunately, much...

No Country for Student Dissent?

Written by Sourya Reddy “It’s blatantly obvious isn’t it? They’ve been badgering us for so long — they’ve tried changing the way we learn, tried...

How the Indian Media Sympathises with Rapists

Authored by Aarathi Ganesan There is more to the news than meets the eye, and what appears to be authoritative, and ‘objective’ coverage is often...

Time to Recognize the Challenges Posed by AMR

Written by Rohan Parikh The nature of medicine is changing rapidly. In the early 1940s, diseases were life-threatening; a single surface-deep cut on the skin...

The Bastion Dialogues: Dr. Usha Iyer

Interviewed by Supriya DG The Toronto International Film Festival in September rejoiced at the screening of four Indian Films, namely Jallikattu, Moothan, Bombay Rose and...

The Bastion Dialogues: Kanchi Kohli

Kanchi Kohli (KK) is a researcher and writer working on environment, forest and biodiversity governance in India and their interface with trade and industrialization....