Creating subjects in Lavasa: the private city

Persis Taraporevala 16 April 2013

Through a process of devolution to private enterprises, a number of private cities are emerging across the Indian landscape. While private cities have been lauded by some as symbolic of a modern, global India, their impact on the nature of democracy and citizenship in the emerging city remains a contentious issue.

India's anti-rape movement: redefining solidarity outside the colonial frame

Amrit Wilson 8 April 2013

The horrific rape of a student sparked a remarkable movement against sexual violence in India which has forced the government to change the laws on gender violence. While the struggle continues, a new organisation in Britain, the Freedom Without Fear Platform, redefines the notion of solidarity.

Aesthetics in cartography: a more democratic access to information?

Arundhati Virmani 22 March 2013

Can atlases serve to empower those at the bottom of the pyramid, permitting an understanding of historical change, social developments and a more critical awareness of regional, national traditions and resources?

Mission Afghanistan

Ananth Durai 15 March 2013

%22Bordering"India must take on a global leadership role, providing both economic and military aid together with regional/global partners, in support of the Afghan government.

Farewell Chavez: Latin America loses its Nehru

Fawaz Shaheen 15 March 2013

His success lay in the fact that he became a voice for that which did not conform to the status quo in international politics, and he gained his legitimacy from his success. 

India has an internet problem

Mahima Kaul 13 March 2013

Hastily drafted legislation has led to an upsurge in prosecution for web users.

We will give people a political alternative: an interview with Arvind Kejriwal

Pradeep Baisakh 8 March 2013

Arvind Kejriwal was considered to be the chief architect of the Anna movement against corruption that has shaked India for two years. Now Kejriwal has launched a political party, namely Aam Admi Party (AAP) to contest elections. 

The rise of the anti-politician

Kaushik Barua 7 March 2013

The internet is an angry place, as is obvious from any examination of the comments section of blogs or popular news-sites. Anti-politicians have managed to use this disembodied universe we all increasingly inhabit to stoke people’s anger. 

The ‘politics of consensus’ in Nepal

Sanoj Tulachan 26 February 2013

The battle between consensus politics and majoritarian politics has not only brought Nepalese politics to a standstill, but has extended a turbulent political transition into an uncertain future. 

Speak softly but carry a big stick: India’s Pink Sari revolution

Gaja Pellegrini-Bettoli 20 February 2013

While the group uses reason and dialogue to act as mediator in domestic disagreements, in some cases however, the women have resorted to use of the lathis when the offenders refuse to listen.

Tibet and its neighbours: China’s stakes and India’s concerns

Ambuj Thakur 17 February 2013

Tibet’s two giant neighbours, China and India, have a lot at stake in a meaningful settlement of the future of Tibet, and joint efforts need to be made for arriving at a mutually acceptable solution.

India’s secret executions: necropolitics and government by stealth

Vijay Nagaraj 13 February 2013

India’s democratic futures lie with a sovereignty whose essence is freedom and imagination, not one driven by power, amoral sentiment and a death wish, argues Vijay Nagaraj.

Indian farmers trapped and desperate

Graham Peebles 30 January 2013

A wave of suicides has swept through the Indian farming community in recent years as, driven into heavy debt by deadly competition, many small farmers don't see another way out. A market-fundamentalist Indian government has so far refused to take its responsibilities to stop this growing epidemic.

Beyond the politics of representation: the political economy of indigenous art in postcolonial India

Rashmi Varma 16 January 2013

An excerpt from a discussion of the art of painting practised by Gonds in the city of Bhopal in central India, which makes a case for moving the discussion of tribal or adivasi art away from anti-globalization readings that see it and its predicament in the modern world as a form of tragedy.

Yes to ending violence against women, but no to the ‘zero tolerance’ route

Vijay Nagaraj 11 January 2013

The problem with the use of 'zero tolerance' in public discourse is that it makes for good populist politics and rhetoric which generally translates into regressive and ill-informed public policy, especially in the area of criminal justice, says Vijay Nagaraj.

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