Postcolonialism as Culture: Some Notes on Syncretism in Light of a Music Video
Column From the music video of 'Pasoori' Coke Studio Pakistan’s new single, “Pasoori”, translating roughly to “haste”, sparked a vibrant...
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“Elliptical Refractions”: The Unfolding of Cultures in Transit against Politics
Column In geometry, an ellipse is popularly defined as a closed curve and the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from...
Perceiving Civil Society: A Multipolar Conundrum
Column Image Credits: Shutterstock The term “civil society” enjoys a considerable degree of celebrated acceptance in popular discourse...
Defections and the State: Cracking the Illusions of Political Order
Until recently, a vocal BJP leader and former minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet, Babul Supriyo joined the party’s strident...
The Politics of Political Correctness in India: Identity Politics and Snares of Capitalism
Political correctness is a term as beleaguered as currency in today’s day and age. The phrase began as an in-joke among leftists to...
Countering A Respectable Queer Public: Refusals to Assimilate
“Each time we address a public, as I am doing now with these words, we draw on what seems like simple common sense. If we did not have a...
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