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‘Aaj rapat jaye, toh humein na uthaiyyo!’
Responding to Srijana Mitra Das’s feminist reading of Bollywood’s rain songs as celebrations of women’s choice, the author fondly recalls the classics but says the songs mainly show how far…
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Open doors (after 817 years)
As Nalanda University reopens after 817 years, the author hopes international funding and its distinguished board will give a good start for Bihar, but remains sceptical for lack of a…
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Abolishing elite-selves
The author welcomes the Right to Education provision reserving 25% of elite school seats for slum children, crediting NGOs for implementation and drawing on Walter Crocker’s remark that Nehru and…
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Every tweet tells a (Arab) story
Citing a study of Arab Twitter users, the author notes that Arabs on both sides of the Egyptian coup disliked the United States, that Iran is hated more than Israel,…
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The Balmikis of Pakistan
A Reuters piece on Reema Abbasi’s book about Hindu temples in Pakistan, with the poster’s interest in the precarious life of the Balmiki community.
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The price of (right to) protest
An Outlook India report on a tribal girl raped and murdered in Dhupguri, with comment that the poor must use democracy’s tools to claim dignity.
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,920 comments
