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The Endless Wait

Afghan refugees in India fear ending up with nothing

Beyond The Binaries

The Bihar Museum Biennale at NGMA Bengaluru was a gentle reminder on the need to re-imagine gender, inclusivity and museums in a digital world

Striking Difference

The narrative around refugees and asylum seekers across the globe appears politically insinuated. Because data tells a different story

Addresses Without Homes

Climate change Is driving mass human displacement and forcing the need to establish climate governance policies that go beyond the traditional perception of who is a refugee”

No Refuge In Sight

What does life after displacement mean for Rohingya women in India

THE LOST HOME

The absence of a refugee policy is making Afghan refugees in India more and more uncertain about their future

Forced Displacement

Post-memory doesn't mean the end of the previous memory, but signifies continuity in the representation of the past and the influence of memory in the present

A Safe Haven

Host countries must adopt policies that support refugee women and girls who often have to face sexual violence and abuse during displacement

The Forgotten Narrative

The sorrow of the world’s largest migration ever, The Partition

Reminders of the Partition

Objects have memories and Delhi's Partition Museum taps into them

Orphans of The Partition

The perilous journey of women during the Partition period

Language Barricade

For refugees, language is a necessity to survive and integrate into a new society; however, not knowing the language may lead to violence

Europe's CONUNDRUM

Refugees are pouring into the divisive waters of Europe's far-right politics

All are NOT Equal

From vote banks to pawns in international relations, India uses refugees based on changing interests

City Of Refugees

There is an old city where a quarter of the population is made up of refugees from more than 30 countries. That city is ideal for refugee resettlement. It is Utica in New York. Some call it the last refuge

All Death Is Not Equal

It is an imagined letter from a Syrian father to his son before they take the boat to flee to Europe as an ode to Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian child, who drowned along with many others in the Mediterranean Sea in September 2015

Love As Resistance

Spreading the idea of love is pertinent in the present atmosphere of divisive politics

Absent Social Structure

The current ideological confusion and obsession with gadgets among the younger generation is leading to deeper psycho-socio-cultural changes in society

Unfounded Islamophobia

Islamophobia or Muslim phobia is being projected as a strategic political emotion to mislead and gain political dividends

Paradoxical Emotion

Why do fairly educated Indian Muslims admire a majoritarian regime elsewhere but oppose Hindutva-driven majoritarianism in India?

Casual Cruelty of Care

Cultural aphasia is emotion's nether side, eked out of acute narcissism and fear

Home and Homesickness

The Indian diaspora is dealing with a tricky situation-how to be homesick when various sicknesses are afflicting the homeland

The Foot Power of the Footloose

Beyond the ideological blame game, beyond the political bickering what did migrants walking on highways during lockdown teach us?

Schools of Thought

A chain of schools is working towards raising children with an understanding of inheriting the 'world's greatest civilisation'

The Polarity of Sabarimala

The Sangh Parivar believes that there is an international conspiracy against Sabarimala, and not aggressive misogyny at play

Vermillion for Votes

In Telangana's Karimnagar, RSS volunteers went door-to-door with vermillion and saffron threads to assure women they are with them. It seems to have worked

House Calls

The Sangh Parivar has adopted a new strategy to increase its audience. Its members visit households to convert people to the 'Hindu way of life'

India's Silent Emotive Majority

Will positive emotions of love, compassion and care hold similar velocity to counter-mobilise Rightwing Hindutva?

Uniform Civil Code: Now Or Later?

The UCC has been a part of the BJP's manifestos in the past many elections. Will the government bring in the UCC prior to the 2024 election?

When Science Meets Arts

A good liberal arts education allows the student to flit between disciplines before settling into one