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February 2026
An army chief’s unpublished memoir exposes how the Modi government spun the China border crisis
Security / Essay
An army chief’s unpublished memoir exposes how the Modi government spun the China border crisis
Sushant Singh
Exposing the largest far-right network in history
Politics / Essay
Exposing the largest far-right network in history
Felix Pal

Magazine

Punjab’s new media suffers from old problems
Media / Essay
Punjab’s new media suffers from old problems
Shiv Inder Singh
A women-led union gives voice to India’s gig workers
Labour / The Lede
A women-led union gives voice to India’s gig workers
Puja Sen
How Telugu cinema’s heroes turn violence against women into romance
Film / Commentary
How Telugu cinema’s heroes turn violence against women into romance
Swetha Kadiyala
Why India enabled Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Government / Reportage
Why India enabled Israel’s genocide in Gaza
S Shubhendu
The civic struggle against uranium mining in the West Khasi Hills
Environment / Photo Essay
The civic struggle against uranium mining in the West Khasi Hills
Tarun Bhartiya

In the news

Caste and the delusion of “merit”  in Indian higher education
Caste / Books
Caste and the delusion of “merit” in Indian higher education
Namit Arora
Sriram Raghavan’s latest film refuses to glamourise war
Culture / Commentary
Sriram Raghavan’s latest film refuses to glamourise war
Sushant Singh
How Hedgewar spurned Bose and his own protégé’s call to join the freedom struggle
History / Reportage
How Hedgewar spurned Bose and his own protégé’s call to join the freedom struggle
Dhirendra K Jha
What the Indian media gets wrong about Modi and Trump, and Modi and the world
Politics / Commentary
What the Indian media gets wrong about Modi and Trump, and Modi and the world
Daniel Block

Web Exclusives

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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Manmohan Singh at the centre of the storm
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How nine official inquiries obscured the truth of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence
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Books

Food in Dalit and Adivasi Writing
Communities / Books
Food in Dalit and Adivasi Writing
Manasvi Pote
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
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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