Violence

Why White Americans see the Brutality of Hamas but do not see the Brutalities Inflicted on the Palestinians

The reason why many decent Americans do not see the tragedy of the Palestinians is that Israel is doing to Palestine what white Americans did to the Native Americans.
▶16-Oct-2023
Tabish Khair
Essay

Why has the Rule of Law become so Fragile?

‘There is law that applies to certain criminal activities, which are usually connected to older, corporal forms of power and profit, but there is a clear lack of law, or its applicability, to newer…
▶13-Sep-2023
Tabish Khair

The Fires of Nuh

The recent communal violence in Nuh and the government's punitive measures have further dispossessed its Muslim residents, already victims of cow vigilantes and of poverty.
▶14-Aug-2023
Harsh Mander

In Manipur's Horrifying Video, a Reflection of India's Indifference

Public reactions to the horrific video from Manipur cannot stop with empathy. Will that horrific image jolt our humanity and bestir an apathetic state?
▶26-Jul-2023
Ipsita Chakravarty

Breaking the Silence on the Harm to Sportswomen

The nation celebrates with gusto the joys and exhilarations of sporting moments. But it falls silent when the powerful are interrogated for violating the rights of sportspersons under their care,…
▶14-Jun-2023
Meena Gopal

The Quiet Violence of the Remaking of Mumbai

An online exhibition on the transformation of Mumbai explores how the marginalised populations in the city have experienced the upheavals and how they have responded.
▶25-Jul-2022
Himanshu Burte, Amita Bhide, Lalitha Kamath, Ratoola Kundu

How Should We Remember the Violence and Suffering of Partition?

"What does it mean then to remember the ‘horror’ of partition at a time when identities are so polarised. Do we remember only what was done to us, leaving out all that we did to others and to…
▶13-Oct-2021
Urvashi Butalia

Disinformation: A New Type of State-Sponsored Violence

While attempts by the ruling party to control the media and the messaging are not new in India, what we see now is the use of new technology to ‘curate’ and exercise ‘centralised control’ to spread…
▶15-Sep-2021
Neelanjan Sircar

A Novel Virus, A New Racial Slur

In the wake of Covid-19, racial discrimination towards people from the North East has acquired a new edge. The lack of cultural understanding in mainland Indian communities has always manifested…
▶25-Jun-2020
Naorem Pushparani Chanu, Gorky Chakraborty

Sexual Violence 2012-2018 and #MeToo

Sexual violence and harassment seem to have secured a central focus for women’s issues. What structural aspects of women’s oppression are obscured by this centrality of violence? What fresh insights…
▶15-Apr-2019
Mary E John