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In his essay, “The Politics of Assassination of Gandhi”, Ashis Nandy argues that Gandhian ideas posed a threat to the traditional Indian society.
After the end of the Cold War and the subsequent “unipolar moment” in the 1990s, the US foreign policy significantly focused on the promotion of democracy and ...
Scholars do archival research in India in two places: the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) and the National Archives of India (NAI).
It has been a while since 2024 is over--and it is time for a 2024 recap. Years pass by, and with every new year, we reflect on how previous year was.
It’s that time of the month when I provide an update on my PhD. And in this newsletter, I discuss how I tried to take a meaningful break from PhD.
MC Jithin’s directional ‘Sookshmadarshini’ is a Malayalam fun thriller, moves away from a conventional police procedural when a crime happens.
Dinjith Ayyathan’s ‘Kishkindha Kaandam’, a 2024 Malayalam thriller, enmeshes emotions, familial relations, and mystery in his storytelling. Monikered after Ramayana’s Kishkindha Kaandam, where Lord ...
Mehta asks: “Despite having a functioning democracy for almost five decades, does the entire repertoire of our habits and practices outside the sphere of formal politics conduce to the formation of ...
When I watched Jeo Baby’s Malayalam movie “The Great Indian Kitchen”, I felt unease about gender dynamics that sustain Indian households.
I recently went with a friend to the cinema to watch ‘Conclave’. I thoroughly enjoyed both the cinematic experience, the frames and the colours in the movie.