Political Pandora

What does it mean to move on from violence when memory itself is a site of conflict? In Gujarat, the legacy of the 2002 pogrom has been carefully, even violently, curated into the official memory of the state, one that erases as much as it remembers. What remains is not reconciliation, but a selective memorisation that excludes the lived trauma of the Muslim community.

In the shadows of sacred rivers and holy rituals, it is the caste-marked bodies who carry the weight of cleanliness; public filth in India is less about civic failure and more about caste-designed neglect.

An inflection point exists with India's suspension of the IWT that echoes beyond the immediate Indo-Pakistani dyad. It brings an urgent inquiry into whether international law allows suspension of treaty obligations based on persistent non-state violence.

With standardisation comes homogeneity, and homogeneity creates anomalies who do not fit into the mould and therefore need to be discarded on the margins. These beings on the margins, who do not fit sanitised and legally-enforced definitions created by states and adopted by nations, are at the centre of the discussion. Dalit-Queer folx (people who are both Dalit and Queer) inhabit the "death worlds" that Achille Mbembe discusses in his theorisation of Necropolitics.

Starring Rajit Kapur as Debu, Munisha Koirala as Juhi, and Sanjay Naval as Kaku, Deepti Naval's directorial debut was an attempt at alternate cinema enchanted with unconventional themes and unsettling portrayals of queerness, desire, and family. 

The global rise of right-wing gender discourse and advocacy is a testament to the fact that there is no monolithic gender system that exists in any given society.

The image of families clawing through rubble while awaiting aid—aid that never arrived—is not merely a tragic snapshot of natural disaster. It is the image of a political failure: the state’s inability—and unwillingness—to care for its people.

The metaphor of grass, flowers, and seeds frequently appears in literature, especially poetry—sometimes as a political statement or merely a

Tensions amidst the survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, escalated to violent clashes that led to the death of 4...

On a cold December night, forty years ago, a deadly gas leaked from a Methyl Isocyanate tank, forever altering the lives of those in Bhopal

The telephone rings obnoxiously through the hallways, the shrill sound piercing through the screen, demanding attention. Govind Nihalani’s

“Restaurants have a separate entry so their customers do not see us. They make an arrangement from the back gate of the restaurant itself, t

For generations, the Gurung community in central Nepal has engaged in the ancient and perilous tradition of honey hunting. This practice, wh

Amdist India's ongoing Marriage Equality debate, with the Supreme Court reserving its final judgment, we asked young Indians what they are t