Features

The Banality of Cruelty

Siddharth Singh

Every time Pakistan does something dastardly, there is a demand for an effective Indian response. Is there another option?

The Alt.Left, South Asianism, and the Scaling of Brownness

Murali Balaji

The Hindus are no longer considered religious minorities in the US, but holders of majoritarian privilege

The Call of Jihad

Shahina KK

A village in north Kerala earns notoriety after 11 of its youth flee to join the Islamic State. Shahina KK visits the families of the vanished in Padanna

Tamil Nadu: Vacancy for an Icon

V Shoba

There are no long-term winners in the Tamil Nadu power struggle

Erdoğan: The Half President

Anchal Vohra

A dictatorship is taking shape on the Bosphorus. Anchal Vohra in Istanbul captures the fears and anxieties of post-referendum Turkey

The Cultural Campaign of RSS: War Over the Mind of India

Ullekh NP and Siddharth Singh

Even as RSS tries to add new icons to its intellectual history, it wants to redeem scholars denigrated by the leftist establishment

Band of Beleaguered Brothers

Kumar Anshuman

The struggle for a united opposition to the resurgent BJP falls apart in the absence of a leader or a slogan

Cow Vigilantism: Politics of the Sacred and the Profane

Ullekh NP

What cow vigilantism has done to undefended lives and livelihoods. Ullekh NP visits Alwar in Rajasthan and Jaisinghpur in Haryana to find out. Photos: Ashish Sharma