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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Delhi’s past not only tells its own tale, but also inspires a yearning to read beyond state narratives and history textbooks.

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, ...

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 ...

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?

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 ...

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 ...

I came to theory because I was hurting—the pain within me was so intense that I could not go on living. I came to theory desperate, wanting to comprehend—to grasp what was happening around and within ...