India
Stamped Out
How to tell, in the moment, whether something will be quickly fixed or is the start of a life-altering blockage?
Time Machine of Indian Cinema: Sarkari Shorts
The arts we love don’t remain innocent in the hands of oppressive forces.
Like Gamergate, except from India and about Kashmir instead of videogames
Seven million people have been cut off from the internet and even landlines.
‘Thackeray’: A Hindu Nationalist Hagiography
In Thackeray’s vision, Maharashtra belongs to the Marathis alone, and all other residents are invaders.
The Haircut
Though they would probably never admit to agreeing on anything if they were to meet, the Hindu fascist in New Delhi and the diasporic Muslim in Baltimore had made the same assumption.
Getting the re-wiring done
Just sheer, dumb luck had seen us through the summer storms and the monsoon’s power fluctuations without a major disaster.
Grocery-store nationalism
In the grocery store, sometimes I feel very conscious of the length of my short dress, or whom I have gone with.
