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Leather As Storyteller: 'Lived Experience' Of Dalit Households Through Artist's Gaze

Leather As Storyteller: 'Lived Experience' Of Dalit Households Through Artist's Gaze

Sep 30, 2023

Artist Madhukar Mucharla uses leather art as a medium to depict the socio-cultural issues faced by marginalised communities

'If Aspects Of The War Manifest Themselves In Ukraine Poems, Translations Do Justice To Those Poetic Manifestations': Amelia Glaser

'If Aspects Of The War Manifest Themselves In Ukraine Poems, Translations Do Justice To Those Poetic Manifestations': Amelia Glaser

Sep 29, 2023

Amelia Glaser has been translating Ukrainian poets for years. But can the war be translated at all? Perhaps it translates the demands of justice- an unabated desire of the vulnerable to be heard. 

Politics Of Invoking Memories: Does Nostalgia Shape Indian Politics?

Politics Of Invoking Memories: Does Nostalgia Shape Indian Politics?

Sep 18, 2023

While the opposition parties are banking on the grand old guards like Sonia, Pawar or Lalu, this is not the first time that nostalgia has been used as a weapon to gain political advantage.

नदारद ट्रिगर चेतावनी

नदारद ट्रिगर चेतावनी

Sep 23, 2023

आत्महत्या से हुई मौतों पर मीडिया का असंवेदनशील कवरेज निर्धारित दिशानिर्देशों का स्पष्ट उल्लंघन है

Is One Nation, One Election A Threat To Federalism?

Is One Nation, One Election A Threat To Federalism?

Sep 19, 2023

Is One Nation, One Election a threat to federalism? Will it have an impact on the power dynamics between the Centre and the states? Will it curtail the power of state assemblies and chief ministers? 

No Quota For OBC, Minorities: Will Women Reservation Bill Let The Subaltern Speak?

No Quota For OBC, Minorities: Will Women Reservation Bill Let The Subaltern Speak?

Sep 20, 2023

As the Women’s Reservation Bill is placed on the table of the Loksabha promising 33% reservation to the women, the debates over the representation of marginalised women have again taken the political centre stage.   

‘Quota Within Quota’ To Misogyny: Why Did SP, RJD, BSP Oppose Women’s Reservation Bill?

‘Quota Within Quota’ To Misogyny: Why Did SP, RJD, BSP Oppose Women’s Reservation Bill?

Sep 19, 2023

Historically, the reasons to oppose the Bill range from a demand for a ‘quota within quota’ to sheer misogyny of the political patriarchs.   

Women’s Reservation Bill: A Political Masterstroke To Torment Opposition?

Women’s Reservation Bill: A Political Masterstroke To Torment Opposition?

Sep 19, 2023

The timing of the Union Cabinet’s approval of the Women's Reservation Bill - just before the INDIA bloc starts their discussions over seat-sharing is seemingly a political masterstroke.

Battle Over Sanatan Dharma: Secularism A Casualty?

Battle Over Sanatan Dharma: Secularism A Casualty?

Sep 15, 2023

As the debates over Sanatan Dharma clouds the political common sense, Outlook looks back at its secularism issue and recalls the journey of India’s secularism.

Demonetisation To Special Session: How Surprise And Speculation Become Political Norms

Demonetisation To Special Session: How Surprise And Speculation Become Political Norms

Sep 12, 2023

From the days of demonetisation to the sudden calling of the special session without divulging the agenda, the current political dispensation has successfully made the people ready for surprises.

No Trigger Warning: How Indian Media Sensationalises Suicide Cases

No Trigger Warning: How Indian Media Sensationalises Suicide Cases

Sep 07, 2023

Insensitive media coverage of deaths by suicide is a blatant contravention of the prevalent guidelines

Gender Trouble: The Misrepresentation Of Trans Identities In Indian Cinema

Gender Trouble: The Misrepresentation Of Trans Identities In Indian Cinema

Aug 30, 2023

If cis-gender actors can play transgender persons on screen, why can’t it be the other way round?

NCF Proposes Board Exams Twice A Year, Three Language Requirement - Does India Have Infrastructure To Implement?

NCF Proposes Board Exams Twice A Year, Three Language Requirement - Does India Have Infrastructure To Implement?

Aug 30, 2023

Gone are those days when the fixation with a certain stream would determine the career. If implemented, NCF would offer the students of grades 11-12 to choose from a range of subjects across streams and appear for board exams twice. But how successful will the implementation be?

From Everyday Bullying To Ragging: Caste, Class And Gender Shape Campus Lives

From Everyday Bullying To Ragging: Caste, Class And Gender Shape Campus Lives

Aug 25, 2023

Lack of compassion and solidarity among students in a market-oriented education system is also responsible for such brutal acts.

Manual Scavenging Is A Political Problem, Not Social: Activist Bezwada Wilson

Manual Scavenging Is A Political Problem, Not Social: Activist Bezwada Wilson

Aug 10, 2023

Data discrepancy, coupled with the ignorance of the consecutive political dispensation, worsens the situation of the marginalised communities, feels Bezwada Wilson, the national convener of the Safai Karmachari Andolan (SFA).

Invisible Casteism In West Bengal

Invisible Casteism In West Bengal

Aug 14, 2023

Everyday caste-based violence in West Bengal hardly finds space in the columns of the National Crime Records Bureau    

Art From The Margins: Y S Alone's Exhibition Represents Dalit Lives

Art From The Margins: Y S Alone's Exhibition Represents Dalit Lives

Aug 11, 2023

Artists from marginalised communities reflect on the everyday lives of Dalits and the oppressed classes at an exhibition

‘No Protest Within Campus’: Are Universities Losing The Space For Dissent?

‘No Protest Within Campus’: Are Universities Losing The Space For Dissent?

Aug 10, 2023

Since its foundation through the collaboration of SAARC countries in 2010, South Asian University has been deep-necked into several controversies.

International Day Of Indigenous People: Adivasis Strive For Dignity And Recognition 

International Day Of Indigenous People: Adivasis Strive For Dignity And Recognition 

Aug 08, 2023

Reclaiming what is rightfully theirs is a battle that Adivasis have been fighting for centuries. While the current debates over ST status for different communities like Pahadi, Kurmi, and Meitei amongst others as have charged the political environment, the indigenous people across the country are struggling for dignity and recognition.

Beyond The Body: Asexual Dilemma Of Love And Romance

Beyond The Body: Asexual Dilemma Of Love And Romance

Jul 30, 2023

The asexual community urges people to understand that they are equally capable of giving and receiving love

On Manipur, Tribal Groups’ Hopes From Country’s First Adivasi President

On Manipur, Tribal Groups’ Hopes From Country’s First Adivasi President

Jul 27, 2023

Even as the video of two Kuki women being paraded naked in Manipur went viral, the silence of the first Adivasi President of the country, Droupadi Murmu, is what is bothering scholars and activists.

Lost Homes And Uncertain Future: Absence Of Refugee Policy Makes Life Harder For Afghans

Lost Homes And Uncertain Future: Absence Of Refugee Policy Makes Life Harder For Afghans

Jul 19, 2023

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

Where Library And Museum Interact: Library Festival Aims To Look Beyond Digital-Physical Divide

Where Library And Museum Interact: Library Festival Aims To Look Beyond Digital-Physical Divide

Jul 20, 2023

The library festival with its objective to provide an accessible space to citizens also works a bridge between the past and the present - just like museums.

Data Protection Bill: Does Centre’s Exemption From Accountabilities Affect Right To Privacy?

Data Protection Bill: Does Centre’s Exemption From Accountabilities Affect Right To Privacy?

Jul 18, 2023

What are the major contentions of the Data Protection Bill that the opposition parties are contesting? Does it anyhow give the government leeway to use the citizen’s data in the name of national security and sovereignty?  

Whither ‘Scientific Temper’? Can India Really Celebrate Chandrayaan Launch?

Whither ‘Scientific Temper’? Can India Really Celebrate Chandrayaan Launch?

Jul 13, 2023

As India is about to launch Chandrayaan 3, one can’t help but look at the relations between science, rationality, faith and superstition.

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