The Fall of the Berlin Wall (Munich Literature Festival)
9 November 1989. Berlin. The fall of the wall, the fall of the wall, the fall of the wall. Depending on the interpreter-copywriter: the...
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- Jan 17, 2020
- 3 min
(The Guardian) Indian police killing rape suspects is not justice, it’s just more toxic masculinity
On 27 November, a group of men raped, smothered and then burned the body of a vet in her 20s near the Indian city of Hyderabad. The...
- May 15, 2019
- 5 min
(New York Times Op-Ed) Dalits under Modi
Corruption scandals surrounding the Congress Party-led government, promises of inclusive growth and job creation, and calibrated...
- Aug 24, 2018
- 4 min
(Time) V.S. Naipaul Leaves Behind a Formidable Body of Work—and a Troubling Legacy
It may once have been taken for granted that writing about the far-flung world—like exploring, subjugating and enslaving huge swaths of...
- Jan 16, 2018
- 5 min
(Daily Vox) Sending the pigs to slaughter
“We believe that the freedom to say “no” to a sexual proposition cannot exist without the freedom to bother.” – 100 French women...
- Aug 15, 2017
- 2 min
(Financial Times) Mother India: the missing women’s revolution
In these moments of self-congratulatory glory, as India celebrates 70 years of existence as a free nation, shouldn’t we Indian women...
- Aug 10, 2017
- 4 min
(Al Jazeera) To be an Indian Patriot
Recently, the vice chancellor of India's most prominent educational institution, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) announced plans to...
- Jan 6, 2017
- 4 min
(Al Jazeera) Bengaluru attacks: Misogyny by night and day
The mass molestation of women in Bengaluru during the midnight celebrations at New Year brings to mind the similar outrageous incident...
- Mar 2, 2016
- 7 min
(Newsweek Middle East) To Create A Nation
The suicide of Dalit research scholar and student leader, Rohith Vemula, on January 17 marked a watershed moment in the anti-caste...
- Jan 19, 2016
- 5 min
(The Hindu, op-ed) Rohith Vemula left us with only his words
The suicide of a Dalit student is not just an individual exit strategy, it is a shaming of society that has failed him or her. Rohith...
- May 22, 2015
- 6 min
(The Wire/Book foreword: On Ali Cobby Eckermann's memoir)
Entering the world of Ali Cobby Eckermann’s Too Afraid to Cry is like embarking on a journey of distilled pain where I had to constantly...
- Jun 6, 2014
- 4 min
(India Today) Hurtling Towards A Rape Nation
The Badaun and Bhagana gang rapes of minor Dalit girls come to us as stark reminders of not only the horror expected where sexual...
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