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Divya Vaid is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She has an MSc and…

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It’s been almost a decade since my maternal aunt forwarded an article on Witch hunting and its menace which is…

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What has long been the norm in Indian academic setups, and also among the Indian diasporic academic communities abroad, is…

We live in times of increasing censorship in media and of free speech. Where Munawar Faruqui, a stand-up comedian gets…

Finding a little alcove among the crammed-up two-wheelers in the Phoenix Marketcity parking lot, I locked my cycle and entered…

You have just joined a new social media platform, eager to connect with like-minded individuals. You start posting about your…