What we got instead of a Prime Minister questioning Trump about the mistreatment of Indian citizens was some choreographed images and clips, which will be used in India to build a narrative that the ...
Politics / Interview “What Has Been Happening in Recent Times Could Well Develop Into Fascism”: An Interview with Romila Thapar The Caravan ...
Multiple officers have testified in front of a court of inquiry and the armed forces tribunal that the two generals who oversaw the torture of 26 and murder of three Gujjar men in Poonch, got away ...
THE VILLAGE OF UDDANDARAYUNIPALEM, in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district, was abuzz with activity on 22 October 2015. It was Vijaya Dashami, but a far more momentous celebration was being planned. After ...
A satirist who lays bare the absurdities of Indian politics while remaining veiled in anonymity—that is Editor J. It is an irony that delights them. Editor J is the internet alias for the 22-year-old ...
ON 15 AUGUST 2024, Kailash Gahlot unfurled the national flag at the Chhatrasal stadium, in north Delhi. In the absence of the chief minister, the lieutenant governor has the prerogative to nominate a ...
On 3 January, the dead body of a journalist from Bastar, Mukesh Chandrakar, was found in a septic tank in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur. His autopsy revealed that he was brutally murdered, with several head ...
ON 19 FEBRUARY 1994, Phoolan Devi steps out of a jail van at the Tis Hazari court in New Delhi, after her release. Popularly known as the “bandit queen,” Phoolan was one of India’s most famous outlaws ...
TODAY, it might be called sedition. Back in 1983, though, it was mostly your typical gathering of Bombay’s Marxist literati. Sitting at the centre of a white dias on Prithvi Theatre’s stage, the ...
The death of Manmohan Singh in December 2024 prompted a reassessment of a man who had faced heavy criticism from his political opponents towards the end of his second term as prime minister. Much of ...
Delhi will elect its eighth Vidhan Sabha on 5 February, in what appears to be the sternest test yet for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party. Having made a startling electoral debut in the 2013 assembly ...