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July 20, 2021

Between Form and Technology: Learning to Write for the Digital Age

What exactly does it mean to be a writer in an age of complex, overlapping digital publics and shrinking attention spans?

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June 5, 2021

Why I Hate Reading Lists: A Biography of and Manifesto for Woke Indian Cyberspace

One languorous Delhi evening, a close friend of mine and I were engaged in a ty...

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April 18, 2019

In South Karnataka, Alliance has Shrunk Congress and JDS's Prospects

It is true that the alliance will make many seats held by the BJP a closer fight. Inver...

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November 1, 2018

On Karnataka Rajyotsava, a Film Reveals the Dilemma of Linguistic States

Earlier this year, while doing fieldwork before the Karnataka state polls, I was...

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May 17, 2018

About a month ago, the talk in Delhi about the Karnataka elections was all about how one powerful regional leader was...

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June 29, 2021

Cancel Culture is Not Progressive Politics: A Response to The Print

A recent article in The Print entitled ‘Don’t rush to cancel wokes in McCarthyian panic’ is a timely reminder that critiques of mode...

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2020

Unpacking Seoul: Concerns of a Solutionist Metropolis

The study of contemporary Asian metropolises poses a theoretical challenge to much of the extant literature in Urban...

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February 23, 2019

'Gully Boy' Strips Hip-Hop of Its Crucial Link With Identity

By portraying class as the primary site of discrimination in Indian society, the film doesn't confront society with uncomforta....

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August 24, 2018

Vajpayee and Karunanidhi: Their disparate careers point to the fault lines in Indian federalism

The deaths of two veteran politicians, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and M Karunanidhi within...

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March 22, 2018

With Lingayats being recognised as its own religion, it forces us to think of how...

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June 9, 2021

Writing, Art, Knowledge, Identity, The Internet: Rambled Musings

One languorous Delhi evening, a close friend of mine and I were engaged in a typically meandering conversation, flitting...

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April 21, 2019

North Karnataka: Crucial Elements in the Electoral Arithmetic

“Why should I go back to vote?” asks Umesh, a 37-year-old worker from Koppal, an arid district in north Karnataka. “I have...

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November 23, 2018

Sabarimala controversy frames a question: Who is a Hindu and what exactly is Hinduism?

The row that has erupted over women’s entry into Kerala’s Sabarimala temple...

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June 23, 2018

The Karnataka elections of 2018 will be remembered for a number of reasons. Notwithstanding the post-election...

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April 1, 2017

In the aftermath of the horrific mass molestation that took place in Bangalore on New Year's Day, I put up a small...

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