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One nation, one voice: Dissent, diversity and other enemies in Modi’s India

As the BJP’s obsession with conformity gathers pace, it is challenged by India’s defiant nature and lived heterogeneity.

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‘More difficult than getting married’: Why couples, legal experts oppose live-in relationship laws

The law’s real intention: prevent inter-caste and inter-faith relationships, say experts.

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Protestors set fire to Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s house in Dhaka

‘They can demolish a building, but not the history,’ said Rahman’s daughter and deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

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When the US was panicking over Indian immigration in 1910s, this man tried to assuage its fears

A young immigrant and a teacher of political science, Sudhindra Bose argued before the US Congress in favour of naturalising Asians.

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Michael Burawoy (1947-2025): A scholar committed to taking sociology to the public

The Marxist sociologist wrote incisively about the way in which capital-labour relations played out in practice in industrial workplaces.

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Tirupati temple transfers 18 staffers for participating in ‘non-Hindu religious activities’

They were participating in non-Hindu religious activities despite having taken an oath before Lord Sri Venkateshwara in line with a 1989 government order.

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Real life stories: A wedding is interrupted as the abrogation of Article 370 shuts down Kashmir

An excerpt from ‘Lōal Kashmir: Love and Longing in a Torn Land’, by Mehak Jamal.

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