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February 2026
An army chief’s unpublished memoir exposes how the Modi government spun the China border crisis
Security / Essay
An army chief’s unpublished memoir exposes how the Modi government spun the China border crisis
Sushant Singh
Exposing the largest far-right network in history
Politics / Essay
Exposing the largest far-right network in history
Felix Pal

Magazine

Punjab’s new media suffers from old problems
Media / Essay
Punjab’s new media suffers from old problems
Shiv Inder Singh
A women-led union gives voice to India’s gig workers
Labour / The Lede
A women-led union gives voice to India’s gig workers
Puja Sen
How Telugu cinema’s heroes turn violence against women into romance
Film / Commentary
How Telugu cinema’s heroes turn violence against women into romance
Swetha Kadiyala
Why India enabled Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Government / Reportage
Why India enabled Israel’s genocide in Gaza
S Shubhendu
The civic struggle against uranium mining in the West Khasi Hills
Environment / Photo Essay
The civic struggle against uranium mining in the West Khasi Hills
Tarun Bhartiya

In the news

Modi’s alarming aversion to parliamentary scrutiny over the border crisis in Ladakh
Politics / Commentary
Modi’s alarming aversion to parliamentary scrutiny over the border crisis in Ladakh
Sushant Singh
Caste and the delusion of “merit”  in Indian higher education
Caste / Books
Caste and the delusion of “merit” in Indian higher education
Namit Arora
Sriram Raghavan’s latest film refuses to glamourise war
Culture / Commentary
Sriram Raghavan’s latest film refuses to glamourise war
Sushant Singh
What the Indian media gets wrong about Modi and Trump, and Modi and the world
Politics / Commentary
What the Indian media gets wrong about Modi and Trump, and Modi and the world
Daniel Block

Web Exclusives

Periyar, Ambedkar and the Poona Pact
History / Excerpt
Periyar, Ambedkar and the Poona Pact

This excerpt focusses on the Poona Pact, 1932, and the stance taken by Periyar and the Self-Respect Movement towards “what BR Ambedkar described as a ‘mean deal.’”

A Thiruneelakandan
Heavy demand for a bestselling draft Constitution
History / Excerpt
Heavy demand for a bestselling draft Constitution
Rohit De , Ornit Shani
“Punitive actions against prisoners are seen as a demonstration of administrative control”
Law and Order / Excerpt
“Punitive actions against prisoners are seen as a demonstration of administrative control”
Anand Teltumbde

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How an amoral technocracy powers Modi’s India
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How an amoral technocracy powers Modi’s India
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Books

Food in Dalit and Adivasi Writing
Communities / Books
Food in Dalit and Adivasi Writing
Manasvi Pote
Writing in the aftermath of the Police Action in Hyderabad
Literature / Books
Writing in the aftermath of the Police Action in Hyderabad
Nandhanaa PJ
Scenes from the modern literature of Brahminism
Caste / Books
Scenes from the modern literature of Brahminism
Ashik Kahina
Interfaith romance fiction in the era of love jihad
Communities / Books
Interfaith romance fiction in the era of love jihad
Maya Palit
Masculinity and the family in contemporary Indian fiction
Literature / Books
Masculinity and the family in contemporary Indian fiction
Areeb Ahmad
The changing contours of India’s relationship with Israel
Conflict / Books
The changing contours of India’s relationship with Israel
Achin Vanaik
Caste in the campus novel
Literature / Books
Caste in the campus novel
Diya Isha
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