Clicking, Waiting, Praying: The making of the techno-scientific professional priest
This article is the second in a series by Krishna Akhil on the efforts of companies to enable Hindu devotees to have access to...
The Saga of Film Education: Raising Cinema to be Respectable
Written by K. Hariharan
Cinema in the 20th century was the most dominant form of popular culture across the world. Simultaneously, it was considered the...
Rantas and other Enslaving Bogeywomen: Muslim Girlhood in Kashmir
The myth of the Rantas tells Kashmiri girls and women: beware of yourselves.
Of Governance and Garbage
Written by Ahan Bezbaroa
With rousing revelations, such as the IPCC’s recent Special Report that identified 1.5 degrees Celsius as the limit to which the...
The History of Political Violence in West Bengal
Is political violence an unavoidable part of West Bengal? How can we understand the violence that occurred after Mamta Banerjee's TMC won the state elections?
Better Late than Never: An Apology for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Written by Aarushi Aggarwal
Situated beside the famed Golden Temple, the Jallianwala Bagh is essential to your typical Amritsar visit. It is conveniently located and...
The Bastion Dialogues: Pankaj Sekhsaria
Pankaj Sekhsaria (PS) has worked extensively in the fields of environment and development, citizen science, wildlife conservation, media studies, and science and technology. He...
Uttarakhand’s Forest Fires: Communities’ Voices on why they Recur
The Uttarakhand forest fires are in the news again. As various photos of raging fires circulated on social media, the Forest Department issued statements...
The 2020 Delhi Riots: The Anatomy of Violence in the City
In what already seems like a lifetime ago, Delhi was burning. This was before the country went into a lock down in an attempt...
Tracing the Steady Demise of the Congress: What Happened to India’s Grand Old Party?
Researched and written by Arjav Kulshreshtha.
As a dominant political force, the Indian National Congress (INC) has had an unprecedented impact on the country, unlike...