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Indian society
August 26, 2021
What Attempts to Measure India’s Caste System Get Wrong
By Shareen Joshi
Modern surveys on caste can feel like inadvertent replications of a colonial mistake.
October 09, 2020
Setting Usual Mudslinging Aside, India Twitter Rallies Behind an Old Man and His Small Roadside Eatery
By Sumaira Rizvi
Indian social media is full of partisan vitriol. But its support for Kanta Prasad shows all is not lost yet.
June 17, 2020
Black Lives Matter Should Be a Wake-Up Call for India
By StoriesAsia
The Black Lives Matter movement in the United States should remind India that it has much soul-seeking to do on issues of race and identity.
June 17, 2020
How Bollywood Discriminates Against Playback Singers
By StoriesAsia
Bollywood’s playback singing industry is brutal for upstarts and newcomers.
June 16, 2020
Addressing Race in India and Abroad: Colorism, Surveillance, and Reckoning With Police Impunity
By Bansari Kamdar
Indians abroad are weighing in whether to attend the Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S.
June 06, 2020
New Delhi Nurses Protest as Cracks Show in Indian Healthcare
By Associated Press
Nurses at one of the Indian capital’s leading hospitals began protests this week over long shifts and shortfalls in personal protective equipment.
June 05, 2020
Amid Virus, Those in India’s Largest Slum Help One Another
By Associated Press
Dharavi, India’s largest slum, has been hard-hit by the pandemic.
May 19, 2020
Some Traffic Returns to Roads as India Eases Virus Lockdown
By Associated Press
A gradual easing in parts of the country has allowed some activity to pick up.
April 27, 2020
India’s COVID–19 Gender Blind Spot
By Bansari Kamdar
India’s women stand to lose from the country‘s COVID–19 policies in many ways.
April 02, 2020
The Idea of India—And a Transition Toward Violent, Exclusionary Nationalism
By Nazir Ahmad and Muneeb Yousuf
What the nation meant for Tagore, Gandhi, and Nehru differs from what it means for the BJP and RSS.
March 31, 2020
India Marshals More Resources to Stop Virus, But Gaps Remain
By Associated Press
India is preparing for a long haul against COVID–19.
February 20, 2020
Rape, Caste, Double Standards, and India’s Middle Class
By StoriesAsia
Does India's middle class only empathize with victims who are ‘like’ them?
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