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Monthly Archives: September, 2026

Page 112: How Khudiram became a terrorist in a Bengal schoolbook 

How Rowlatt's word outlived the empire, and love of the land became “jingoism”

Every Indian town should publish its land balance sheet

India has millions of acres of land that exist inside the boundaries of cities,...

The case of Umar Khalid: how public debate has got it wrong

Personal liberty, in any democracy, is not a favour the government hands out to...

The farce of measuring Indian democracy 

There has been much debate, of varying intensity, about the degree of ‘freedom’ that...

Jauhar must be judged within its context

A recurring debate surrounding Rajput history re-emerged following remarks made by actress Swara Bhaskar...

Stop searching for the West in ancient India

Among the many methods adopted to save Hindus from Hinduism – i.e., polytheistic idolatry...

The arithmetic of division: how the cure preserved the disease?

The Indian state promised to abolish caste while attaching ever greater rewards to caste identity

Does the Indian state stand with the weak through its caste policies?

What we need to learn from the story of Barbarik

The aurat bazaar

It is easy to condemn jauhar eight centuries later. It is harder to confront the alternative.

Swiping Left from the Centre

The rewiring of RaGa

How the politics of the oppressor–oppressed came into existence

In India, a Savarna can never be a victim of caste discrimination. Not when university...

The Hindu’s editorial on UN CERD’s report on India does not survive the evidence

On 30 August 2026, The Hindu, referred to by millions of UPSC aspirants, published...

Brahmanical patriarchy: the making of a political category

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's recent invocation of the Manusmriti in a recent program in...

The questions ThePrint’s TISS story doesn’t ask

ThePrint’s latest report on the nine Tata Institute of Social Sciences students booked over...