Society

Indians and their Selfies

‘The selfie…offers us a window not only to the individual self, but through its deliberate or incidental positioning, allows us to unpack moments in cultural, civic, social, and political life.’
▶24-Sep-2024
Usha Raman

Lonely Twilight of Older Women in India

Living alone among older adults could offer independence for some, but it can pose serious challenges of social isolation, healthcare access, and financial security for many. Addressing these…
▶29-Jul-2024
Allen Prabhaker Ugargol
Review

Casting Away Misogyny

An important memoir discusses how patriarchy and misogyny in Hindu society are sustained by caste.
▶22-Mar-2021
Uma Chakravarti

Love Taboos: Controlling Hindu-Muslim Romances

The myth of ‘love jihad’ is sustained through widely circulated illustrations of ‘lustful’ Muslim men and ‘victimised’ Hindu women. These images recirculate decades-old calumnies and make invisible…
▶07-Jan-2021
Charu Gupta

India 2020

A curated set of 35+ articles published in ‘The India Forum’ during a year which began with the demonstrations against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, ended with the farmer protests against the new…
▶24-Dec-2020
The India Forum

Why I’m Losing Hope in India

It is not the economy that makes one worried for India. It is the flattening of diversity, the undermining of education that gave mobility to so many, and the entire 'banality of evil'…
▶21-Dec-2020
Kiran Kumbhar

Has the US Dodged the Rise of Far-Right Politics?

Despite Donald Trump’s defeat, the politics of the far-right maintains its presence in the US polity; but the results of the 2020 election also underscore the potential power of a multiracial working…
▶21-Dec-2020
Sara Duvisac, Avanti Mukherjee

What Did You Do in the Last 24 Hours?

The first nation-wide survey of the time spent by men and women on various activities during all 24 hours of the day brings out the gender inequalities in the work that each of them do.
▶14-Dec-2020
Ashwini Deshpande

Civil Society Organisations and Foreign Contributions

India’s draconian rules restricting foreign aid to civil society organisations exhibit a false sense of patriotism against foreign ‘conspiracies’. Reversing India’s historically open attitude towards…
▶08-Dec-2020
M. S. Sriram

India's Gift to the Struggle against Apartheid

ES Reddy – whose ideals were forged in India’s fight for freedom – went beyond the confines of nationalism to embrace the anti-apartheid struggle. His commitment to solidarity & justice across…
▶25-Nov-2020
Venu Madhav Govindu