Angshuman Kar’s poem speaks about the consequences of reducing one’s identity to a piece of paper
How we tell our stories will affect how they are remembered in the cerebral sieve that is memory
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s decision to mark the 1932 land survey as the measure for domicile status has been well received by the Muslims of the state.
Identity politics, separate statehood demand, non-development, and corruption are the key issues dominating the upcoming elections in the North-eastern states of Nagaland, Tripura, and Meghalaya.
Jharkhand government’s decision to approve 1932 land records (khatiyan) as the benchmark for domicile policy didn’t come up in a day. It has a long history of political expediency and honest sacrifices.
Adivasi-Mulvasis In Jharkhand: Will the demarcation of locals by the 1932 Land Survey be able to demarcate Dikus? Hemant Soren government's move to accept the long-standing demand of Adivasi-Mulvasis once again leads to a...
Indian Muslims are often perceived as backward or less capable of excelling in various fields. Very often, they are viewed with sucpicion by the law as well as other civilians. Such stereotypes can be traced back to the...
Satirical news television programme 'The Daily Show with Trevor Noah' is set to launch an interactive self-guided walking tour which aims to take guests on a journey through the events of the January 6, 2021 insurrection in...
India has always seen the politicisation of food culture, whether in mid-day meals or the food on a poor man’s plate. Such politics are intertwined with...
In a country where massive poverty is juxtaposed with plenty, cookbooks only cater to the haves. The have-nots, on the other hand, are caught in the endless...
A section of the public in Badalpur, Mayawati's birthplace, holds a soft corner for her, despite their grouses with the new crop of BSP leaders and her...
Since it was made the official language in 1889, Urdu has been the language of the Muslim masses. But the abrogation of Article 370, which has stripped Urdu of...
The symbol of a political party is the identification mark that triggers, in the memory of the public, all things bad and good about a political outfit.
Nishad politics, marked by growing identity assertion and the hype around elections, cannot be confined to reservations. Here is an attempt to make sense of...
Over the past hundred years, since war memorials became popular globally, their purpose and significance have changed, from sites for triumphant nationalism to...
'A man who does not go to Loishang and a woman who does not go to the market are worthless' - Meitei proverb
With new statues being erected, and the old being vandalised, these sculptures have played a larger role in shaping the political discourses over the years.
Identity in Assam is linked to language. Assam in the past witnessed several anti-Bengali language riots.
In an attempt to probably empathise with their villainy, writers, more often than not, have looked at consequences of identity politics, and use that as the...
Lal Chowk, a business hub in Kashmir’s summer capital is named after the central marketplace in Moscow named Red Square.
During his three-day visit, Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan will meet with the top Chinese leadership and take forward the traditional military ties as...
Uttar Pradesh BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh has said during a door-to-door campaign that Yogi Adityanath will be the party’s face in the coming state...
Sushant Singh Rajput's death bemoaned as a huge loss is, in fact, a huge gain for the BJP, both in Bihar and in Maharashtra.
Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur is contesting from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Congress veteran Digvijay Singh. Victims of the...
Ananth Kumar Hegde is the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and five-time Lok Sabha member from Uttara Kannada in Karnataka
