As a recent book on a Balochistan temple illustrates, caste politics still divides the Hindus of Pakistan.
Chintan Girish Modi
The world of activism is a competitive marketplace. How do the incentives of this marketplace affect the causes themselves? Naisargi Dave's fascinating book gives us an inside view.
Muslims Against the Muslim League acknowledges a complex Pakistani identity beyond that of Jinnah.
Gopalkrishna Gandhi's book takes a rigorous look at arguments on all sides of the debate.
The Government does not have the resources to care for our heritage sites. Public-private partnerships are a good idea.
Aruna Roy's book on the RTI stresses on the grassroots activism that it arose from, the lived experiences of deprivation and injustice.
Universities have become a battleground for freedom of speech in Pakistan. We in India need to fight the same battles.
What is it like to grow up Muslim in modern India? A book by Nazia Erum attempts to answer that question.
'Another South Asia!' edited by Dev Nath Pathak looks at creating a South Asian sensibility to escape boring, exaggerated narratives that the neighbourhood holds.
There is a fine line between removing hate speech and protecting free speech. Facebook needs to learn where that boundary lies.
In times when dissent is dangerous, Ravish Kumar's new book minces no words.
In Remnants of A Separation, Aanchal Malhotra examines the Partition by weaving an elegant narrative of the objects that people chose to carry with them. How intimately is your understanding of who you are wound up with the land you were born on, the soil of your ancestors? What would happen if you were compelled to flee your home in the middle of the night, with hardly any time to pack your...
A recent collection edited by Vikram Kapur reminds us of the horrors of the 1984 riots. But can we learn from the past?
'Reporting Pakistan' by Meena Menon is an invaluable book because it offers a picture of Pakistan and Pakistanis that goes beyond the stereotypes churned out by Indian media.