One morning, as I paddled from 66 into 67, a warm cup of tea brought surprising clarity. I realized that this phase of life is not about counting years but about finally understanding them. After…
The Citizenship Bill and the Northeast
The anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) fire lit in Assam spread to the rest of the Northeast and to Peninsular India but with different priorities. Its focus for the protesters in Peninsular India is discrimination based…
Displacement Studies and Social Research
It began one morning in May 1982 when we read in the newspapers that the Supreme Court (SC) had appointed three ombudsmen to study the working conditions of the 1982 Asian Games construction workers. [auth]…
Dissent, Democracy and Civil Society
In recent years India has been witness to intolerance of dissent and pluralism, and to the rise of the fundamentalist view of Hindu Rashtra. A small minority of thinkers contests this effort to impose a…