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August 2025
Revising electoral rolls could disenfranchise millions and threaten their citizenship
Politics / Reportage
Revising electoral rolls could disenfranchise millions and threaten their citizenship
Sagar

Magazine

The increasing clout of Thakurs in Uttar Pradesh leaves behind a trail of caste violence.
Crime / Reportage
The increasing clout of Thakurs in Uttar Pradesh leaves behind a trail of caste violence.
Sunil Kashyap
The Trump–Munir lunch is not just a personal snub for Modi. It is a strategic setback for India.
Politics / Commentary
The Trump–Munir lunch is not just a personal snub for Modi. It is a strategic setback for India.
Sushant Singh
The continuing struggle of persons with disability for documentation
Communities / Reportage
The continuing struggle of persons with disability for documentation
Ananta Jain
Director Honey Trehan on fighting for Punjab ‘95 with the CBFC
Film / Interview
Director Honey Trehan on fighting for Punjab ‘95 with the CBFC
Jatinder Kaur Tur
Brahmin–Yadav friction in Uttar Pradesh exposes the fragility of the BJP’s project of Hindu consolidation
Politics / Commentary
Brahmin–Yadav friction in Uttar Pradesh exposes the fragility of the BJP’s project of Hindu consolidation
Sagar

In the news

The Question of Who Truly Freed India
History / Commentary
The Question of Who Truly Freed India
Vishwa Nath
The RSS planned to kill Indian democracy even before Independence
Politics / Commentary
The RSS planned to kill Indian democracy even before Independence
Dhirendra K Jha
The IAF chief’s unsubstantiated claims reflect a fusion between Modi’s politics and military messaging
Politics / Commentary
The IAF chief’s unsubstantiated claims reflect a fusion between Modi’s politics and military messaging
Sushant Singh
The taming of the Election Commission of India
Government / Reportage
The taming of the Election Commission of India
Eram Agha

Web Exclusives

The rise of reading rooms across Madras State
History / Excerpt
The rise of reading rooms across Madras State

Vignesh Rajahmani argues that “the formation, spread and use of reading rooms in the Tamil region in the 1950s and 1960s was critical for forging the Dravidian public sphere.”

Vignesh Rajahmani
How slave-trafficking helped fuel French imperialism in India
History / Excerpt
How slave-trafficking helped fuel French imperialism in India
Robert Ivermee
Why leaders like Trump and Modi are focusing on rare-earth minerals
Policy / Commentary
Why leaders like Trump and Modi are focusing on rare-earth minerals
Rabah Arezki , Rick van der Ploeg

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Kenya’s invisibilised waste pickers
Environment / Photo Essay
Kenya’s invisibilised waste pickers
Edwin Ndeke
Documenting riverine communities amid Panama’s greatest ever drought
Communities / Photo Essay
Documenting riverine communities amid Panama’s greatest ever drought
Enea Lebrun
Punjab's farmers struggle with the Green Revolution's toxic legacy
Agriculture / Photo Essay
Punjab's farmers struggle with the Green Revolution's toxic legacy
Harsha Vadlamani
The forgotten colonial history of Indonesia’s Banda Islands
Communities / Photo Essay
The forgotten colonial history of Indonesia’s Banda Islands
Muhammad Fadli
The ground realities of five decades of industrial pollution in Ennore
Environment / Photo Essay
The ground realities of five decades of industrial pollution in Ennore
M Palani Kumar

Most Read

How upper castes invented a Hindu majority
Religion / Essay
How upper castes invented a Hindu majority
Divya Dwivedi , Shaj Mohan , J Reghu
Adityanath’s reign of terror
Politics / Reportage
Adityanath’s reign of terror
Dhirendra K Jha
Manmohan Singh at the centre of the storm
Politics / Reportage
Manmohan Singh at the centre of the storm
Vinod K Jose
How nine official inquiries obscured the truth of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence
Politics / Reportage
How nine official inquiries obscured the truth of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence
Hartosh Singh Bal
How an amoral technocracy powers Modi’s India
Science And Technology / Books
How an amoral technocracy powers Modi’s India
Mila T Samdub

Books

How Cyrus Mistry replaces drama with stillness
Literature / Books
How Cyrus Mistry replaces drama with stillness
Manasvi Pote
Jotirao Phule and the history of Marathi print culture
Literature / Books
Jotirao Phule and the history of Marathi print culture
Karthik Malli
Scenes from the modern literature of Brahminism
Caste / Books
Scenes from the modern literature of Brahminism
Ashik Kahina
Waste and labour in urban South Asia
Environment / Books
Waste and labour in urban South Asia
Ankush Pal
Masculinity and the family in contemporary Indian fiction
Literature / Books
Masculinity and the family in contemporary Indian fiction
Areeb Ahmad
Caste in the campus novel
Literature / Books
Caste in the campus novel
Diya Isha
The changing contours of India’s relationship with Israel
Conflict / Books
The changing contours of India’s relationship with Israel
Achin Vanaik
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