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Judicial overreach and Sangh mobilisation bring Ayodhya to Tamil Nadu
Crime / Reportage
Judicial overreach and Sangh mobilisation bring Ayodhya to Tamil Nadu
Sujatha Sivagnanam
January 2026
Exposing the largest far-right network in history
Politics / Essay
Exposing the largest far-right network in history
Felix Pal

Magazine

Food in Dalit and Adivasi Writing
Communities / Books
Food in Dalit and Adivasi Writing
Manasvi Pote
Dhurandhar and the manufacture of a national consensus
Film / Commentary
Dhurandhar and the manufacture of a national consensus
Surabhi Kanga
Jean Drèze on the Modi government’s new rural employment bill
Labour / Interview
Jean Drèze on the Modi government’s new rural employment bill
Hiral Trivedi
Challenges facing independent news outlets in the digital age
Media / Commentary
Challenges facing independent news outlets in the digital age
Prabir Purkayastha
The new ST classification in Assam is political eyewash
Communities / Commentary
The new ST classification in Assam is political eyewash
Manoranjan Pegu

In the news

The end of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar’s feudal and caste hold
Politics / Profile
The end of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar’s feudal and caste hold
Sagar
The UP Police and Sangh’s persecution of Christians
Religion / Reportage
The UP Police and Sangh’s persecution of Christians
Tusha Mittal
Why Modi did not go on a Pakistan-bashing spree after the Delhi blast
Politics / Commentary
Why Modi did not go on a Pakistan-bashing spree after the Delhi blast
Sushant Singh
Narendra Modi's silence on Zohran Mamdani’s victory reveals what terrifies Hindutva supporters
Politics / Commentary
Narendra Modi's silence on Zohran Mamdani’s victory reveals what terrifies Hindutva supporters
Sushant Singh

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Periyar, Ambedkar and the Poona Pact
History / Excerpt
Periyar, Ambedkar and the Poona Pact

This excerpt focusses on the Poona Pact, 1932, and the stance taken by Periyar and the Self-Respect Movement towards “what BR Ambedkar described as a ‘mean deal.’”

A Thiruneelakandan
Heavy demand for a bestselling draft Constitution
History / Excerpt
Heavy demand for a bestselling draft Constitution
Rohit De , Ornit Shani
“Punitive actions against prisoners are seen as a demonstration of administrative control”
Law and Order / Excerpt
“Punitive actions against prisoners are seen as a demonstration of administrative control”
Anand Teltumbde

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How an amoral technocracy powers Modi’s India
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How an amoral technocracy powers Modi’s India
Mila T Samdub
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How upper castes invented a Hindu majority
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Adityanath’s reign of terror
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Manmohan Singh at the centre of the storm
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Politics / Reportage
How nine official inquiries obscured the truth of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence
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Books

Writing in the aftermath of the Police Action in Hyderabad
Literature / Books
Writing in the aftermath of the Police Action in Hyderabad
Nandhanaa PJ
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
Interfaith romance fiction in the era of love jihad
Communities / Books
Interfaith romance fiction in the era of love jihad
Maya Palit
Masculinity and the family in contemporary Indian fiction
Literature / Books
Masculinity and the family in contemporary Indian fiction
Areeb Ahmad
The changing contours of India’s relationship with Israel
Conflict / Books
The changing contours of India’s relationship with Israel
Achin Vanaik
Caste in the campus novel
Literature / Books
Caste in the campus novel
Diya Isha
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