Reflections on Independence Day
As we celebrate yet another Independence day I am enveloped in a feeling of dread, a fear that my life is a precarious one. I may not be economically in…
Swapna Gopinath
The Artist in Contemporary India: Reflections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A-F9qu6c_4 I watched Vir Das’ performance with a sense of awe. His words were pure poetry, poignant and powerful. He had chosen each word carefully, with precision and perfection in…
Responsibility Of The Celebrities
India, since 2014, has been witnessing sharp polarization between people who support the government and people who adhere by the values that define this nation. Unfortunately, majority of the celebrities…
Confronting the crisis of internally displaced Indians
India is currently facing a crisis which can escalate into a bigger catastrophe than COVID-19 and the consequences can be heart wrenching as we…
Resisting the footfalls of a Genocide
As the country offers stiff resistance to the government’s agenda of polarizing the society, the factors at play are not confined to persecution of religious minorities alone. It is a…
Being Political In Class Rooms
The turmoil at JNU and other universities demand certain introspections regarding the institutions of higher education across the country. When there is a massive paradigm shift happening in our social…
Death of Secular And Democratic India
Ayodhya Verdict unravels a new sensibility and a distinctly different social reality, in several diverse ways. One aspect to be mentioned here is the extraordinary rush of appeals for…
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