Kids at work: a Dalit activist
Ravali Medari was moved to take up political activism alongside her academic work. Meena Kandasamy looks at how caste and class intersect in her busy life.
India: The crackdown on Dalit activism
A prominent Indian intellectual and scholar is the latest activist being targeted by BJP statecraft, writes Tamsin Day.
Why Indian outrage over Black Lives Matter rings hollow
Anti-blackness is still a galvanizing force in India, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick.
On your watch
Asma Hafiz reports on the intrusive surveillance being forced on often lower caste sanitation workers in many Indian cities.
Holding out for the harvest
Narendra Modi has announced his intention to repeal the contentious agriculture laws unwaveringly resisted by India's farmers for over a year. Navsharan Singh gives the back story to the movement.
Surreal scenes outside Modi visit
Rahila Gupta reports on this week’s pro and anti-Modi protests in London.
Displaced by a riot
Since 2018, a remarkable uptick in communal violence has taken shape in India. Dilnaz Boga speaks to survivors of ethnic violence in the 1990s, who explain their fears for where the country is headed.
Defibrillating democracy
A kickstart for a habitable future. Claire Mellier and Rich Wilson make the case for citizens’ assemblies.
Invisible green warriors
Nilanjana Bhowmick heralds India's most overshadowed environmentalists: waste-pickers
As nationalism grips India, indigenous struggles persist
On World Indigenous Day, columnist Mari Marcel Thekaekara revisits the fortunes of India’s ‘original inhabitants’ since independence.
India: Adivasis march for an end to violence
Caught in the crossfire of state repression and guerilla fighters, Adivasi inhabitants of India’s ‘red corridor’ are exploring ways to stop the violence in their continuing struggle for land rights. Hannah Kirmes-Daly…
The giant of India’s environmental movement
Fiona Broom reflects on the legacy of the pioneering environmental journalist, Darryl D'monte, who passed away last month.
Africa is beginning to hold social media companies to account
A court case shows the continent’s demand for social media companies to be accountable for their impact offline, columnist Resebell Kagumire writes.
View from India: When viral hashtags promote religious extremism
Nilanjana Bhowmick takes apart the latest viral hashtag campaign for the religious takeover of secular India.
Not Modi’s India any more
Ongoing countrywide protests are rooted in a battle for India’s secular values, argues Nilanjana Bhowmick.
What’s next for Indians living under Modi?
Narendra Modi’s second mandate is a ‘sword hanging above the heads’ of India’s minorities. Nilanjana Bhowmick explains why.
Small city, big dreams
India’s rapidly expanding cities attract young dreamers like magnets. Snigdha Poonam observes how the horizon of promise keeps receding in Ranchi.
