Uma Chakravarti is an Indian historian and filmmaker. Beginning in the 1980s, Chakravarti has written extensively on Indian history highlighting…

The ongoing structural and institutional changes in Indian higher education have led to the emergence of highly political academic environments,…

This article is based on my lived experience and several train journeys I undertook between Delhi to Gaya for conducting…

The controversy surrounding the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) cannot be overstated. As an apex organization and a public…

Introduction: The Thin Veneer of Progressiveness and the Power of Silence Anand Ekarshi’s debut feature Aattam is a masterclass in…

Textbooks have traditionally been the cornerstone of formal education in India, shaping the way knowledge is imparted and absorbed in…

I was born in a village in eastern Uttar Pradesh, near the border of Bihar, where most of my family…

The discussion on death is often fraught with discomfort, yet it is an inherent, inescapable, and ubiquitous dimension of human…

Archives and Archiving in the 21st Century edited by Radhika Seshan (published by Routledge in 2025) is an exploration of…

‘A smile is a curve that sets everything straight’. During the most dispirited times of life when one remembers this…