This paper examines how Tamil cinema—specifically Pa Ranjith’s Kabali (2016)—stages the diaspora as a site where caste is reworked, contested, and made newly visible. Focusing on the Tamil–Malay ...

In Kochi, humidity is the principal adversary of its vernacular cosmopolitanism, imposing a tangible burden, enveloping the skin and dictating bodily rhythms. The fortunes of the city were, after all, ...

Recognising its severity, the United Nations (UN) set forth the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the first goal aiming to eradicate extreme poverty globally by 2030 (UN 2015). However, the ...

Yes, students need hostel accommodation when they study far away from home, and its absence forces them into cubbyholes force-fitted into buildings rendered fragile by their augmentation and expansion ...

It brought together thoughts on numerous aspects of the poet’s literary production, his universality, and resonances in a comparative literary mode. One of such is by Graciela Palau de Nemes, who at ...

The murder, in Delhi, of Chongtham Vikram Singh, a popular Manipuri rock band member and music teacher, for objecting to a raucous gathering in front of his house, illustrates the fatal potential of ...

The civil liberties imperative flowing from the Akriti Chaudhary order is two-fold: the courts must step in proactively to protect fundamental rights against arbitrary and hostile actions by the state ...

Arun SinhaOn August 5, 1974, for the third time, Aklu goes to his master, Bindi Mahto, begging to be paid his wages. Twice before the master had procrastinated: “Do you think I’ll swindle your wages?

For the first time since the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (DMK) victory over the Indian National Congress in 1967 inaugurated the Dravidian era, political power has shifted outside the DMK–All India ...

Their modes of production, distribution, and consumption are characterised by self-sufficiency, deep ecological sensitivity, and a sharing and caring philosophy rooted in coexistence with nature, ...

Now integrated with the Districts as Export Hubs (DEH) initiative and prominently featured in trade fairs, exhibitions, and e-commerce platforms, ODOP has acquired the character of a national movement ...

Given the long-standing dependence of India’s shrimp exports on the US market, the tariff exposed the risks associated with excessive geographic concentration of exports and the sector’s vulnerability ...