CATEGORIES

The Emperor's New Clothes
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The Emperor's New Clothes

Another sham work of propaganda poses as Modi’s latest biography / LITERATURE

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July 2020
“Just a Guy on a Horse in the Garden”
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“Just a Guy on a Horse in the Garden”

India’s troubled relationship with colonial-era statues

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July 2020
THE BOOKSHELF
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THE BOOKSHELF

THE BOOKSHELF

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July 2020
Delivering Results
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Delivering Results

How antenatal care reduced home births among Adivasi women / Health

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July 2020
Defence Mechanisms
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Defence Mechanisms

Venturing inside the arms trade

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July 2020
Binary Friction
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Binary Friction

A transwoman’s struggle for official recognition of her identity / Gender

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July 2020
Minding Their Business
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Minding Their Business

The unfinished battle for sex workers’ rights

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June 2020
Death By A Thousand Cuts
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Death By A Thousand Cuts

Why the relief package will not undo the lockdown’s destruction of the MSMEs

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June 2020
Out of Breath
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Out of Breath

The lives of manual scavengers in Tamil Nadu

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June 2020
The Central Problem
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The Central Problem

How the union government is undermining states’ fight against COVID-19

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June 2020
Troubling Symptoms
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Troubling Symptoms

The COVID-19 pandemic could help create a dystopian surveillance regime

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June 2020
REPORTAGE
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REPORTAGE

A report on the operations of Apne Aap, an antitrafficking NGO, in Forbesganj and Kolkata

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June 2020
Into the Forest
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Into the Forest

An Adivasi village forages for survival during the COVID-19 lockdown

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June 2020
State of Denial
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State of Denial

Britain’s COVID-19 response reveals the last gasps of its welfare state

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June 2020
Internal Matters
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Internal Matters

How the Modi government deflects international censure

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June 2020
A Baroque Urbanism
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A Baroque Urbanism

Telling stories with buildings in Dhaka and Karachi

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June 2020
The Long Arm of Hunger
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The Long Arm of Hunger

History suggests deprivation will be an ally to COVID-19, and both must be stopped

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May 2020
THE FORGOTTEN HOLOCAUST
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THE FORGOTTEN HOLOCAUST

Witnesses remember the Bengal famine 77 years later

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May 2020
Prison Outbreak
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Prison Outbreak

How India is endangering vulnerable prisoners amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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May 2020
False Steps
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False Steps

The commercial roots of a “traditional” folk dance / Arts

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May 2020
VOICES OF REASON
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VOICES OF REASON

The rationalists fighting superstition amid growing threats of violence

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May 2020
Streets Behind
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Streets Behind

Rome’s homeless population bears the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic

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May 2020
Dalit Rhapsody
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Dalit Rhapsody

An anti-caste collective challenges oppression through music / Arts

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May 2020
Lessons Not Learnt
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Lessons Not Learnt

The World Bank’s disturbing push to privatise Indian education

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May 2020
BLIND SPOTS
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BLIND SPOTS

Caste in contemporary Muslim autobiographies

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May 2020
Bitter Harvest
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Bitter Harvest

Farmers suffer under the coronavirus lockdown / Agriculture

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May 2020
False Steps
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False Steps

The commercial roots of a “traditional” folk dance / Arts

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May 2020
Streets Behind
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Streets Behind

Rome’s homeless population bears the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic / Communities

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May 2020
VOICES OF REASON
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VOICES OF REASON

The rationalists fighting superstition amid growing threats of violence

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May 2020
Prison Outbreak
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Prison Outbreak

How India is endangering vulnerable prisoners amid the COVID-19 pandemic / Law

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May 2020