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Does Time Stand Still in ‘Riot-Prone’ India?

A comparison of communal flare-ups in two Aprils separated by almost a hundred years to help understand Khargone and Jahangirpuri.

May 10, 2022

May 10, 2022

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Finding the Roots of Muslim Exclusion in Indian History

“(A)ll nations, all nationalisms and nationalist discourses, are made in exceptional historical circumstances”, notes historian Gyanendra…

May 6, 2022

May 6, 2022

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Looking for Muslims in an Indian ‘State Nation’

Recently, controversy erupted when Raj Thackeray of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) gave an ultimatum to the Maharashtra government to…

Apr 19, 2022

Apr 19, 2022

Rotterdam Convention: An Overview

The Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent Procedures for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade is a…

Jul 28, 2023

Jul 28, 2023

Indian Agri-Exports Have a Quality Problem

India ranks among the top producers of over 80 per cent of agricultural produce items, including many cash crops such as coffee and cotton…

Jul 28, 2023

Jul 28, 2023

Heavy Metal: How a Global Corporation Poisoned Kodaikanal

In 1984, the US cosmetics brand Pond’s established a mercury thermometer family in the idyllic south Indian hill-station of Kodaikanal. The…

Jun 17, 2023

Heavy Metal: How a Global Corporation Poisoned Kodaikanal

Jun 17, 2023

Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together

Most Indians’ first memory of healthcare includes an old biscuit tin converted into a medicine chest. Diseases were diagnosed by the…

Mar 30, 2023

Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together

Mar 30, 2023

Vishwaguru: From Sri Aurobindo to PM Modi

The idea that India has valuable teachings to offer to the world is old. As we chase Vishwaguru status, we must ask what our message is.

Aug 14, 2022

Vishwaguru: From Sri Aurobindo to PM Modi

Aug 14, 2022

An Unlikely Encounter - An account of my visit to Dausa, Rajasthan

I was there to survey farmers but I found something that moved me to write after a long time.

Aug 10, 2022

A roadside view of Dausa, on our way to Udawala village.

Aug 10, 2022

Looking for Muslims in an Indian ‘State Nation’

This is a shortened version of my article on the exclusion of Muslims from public and political spaces in India

Apr 21, 2022

Apr 21, 2022

Akshay Bhagwat

Akshay Bhagwat

IIT-Roorkee alumnus currently trying to re-evaluate his life. When he figures it out, you'll be the first to know.

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