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BJP’s Control of Cricket in India | The Caravan
WEBAug 31, 2023 — {ONE} HOURS BEFORE the fourth cricket Test match between India and Australia for the Border–Gavaskar Trophy, on 9 March, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad, alongside his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese.Chants of “Modi, Modi” resounded through the stadium. The two took a lap around the ground in a golf cart fashioned into a golden ...
Collecting Indian ghost stories - The Caravan
WEBApr 30, 2022 — IN A 1921 EDITION of the now defunct journal Occult Review, a writer under the pseudonym “Badmash” proclaims, “The whole history of India teems with tragedies.”Is it any wonder, Badmash—who, judging from the tone of the piece, is possibly a British officer—asks, “that such tragedies have filled the country …
How the RSS is infiltrating India's intellectual spaces
WEBApr 1, 2019 — FOR TWO DAYS IN MARCH 2017, over seven hundred academics and vice chancellors from 51 state and central universities gathered in Delhi University to learn how to bring the “true nationalist narrative” to academia. The closed-door event was called the Gyan Sangam—knowledge summit—and one of its main speakers was Mohan Bhagwat, the sarsanghchalak—supreme leader—of the Rashtriya ...
Ten voices from Adivasi literature - The Caravan
WEBJan 15, 2021 — A reading list of books by Adivasi writers in vernacular languages, covering topics such as history, culture, identity and politics. The list includes works by Motiravan Kangali, Jacinta Kerketta, Munshi Mangal Singh Masram and others.
How the Miyawaki method can transform Indian cities
WEBJan 31, 2021 — The Miyawaki method, propounded by the Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki in the 1980s, compresses layers of a forest—shrubs, trees, canopies—on small plots of land, turning them into tiny forests.
Revisiting the hanging of Afzal Guru | The Caravan
WEBJan 15, 2020 — The Caravan magazine republishes Roy's critique of the execution of Afzal Guru, the prime accused in the 2001 Parliament attack, who was secretly hanged and buried in Tihar Jail. Roy questions the evidence, the trial and the media coverage of the case, and argues that Afzal Guru was a victim of state repression and torture.
How upper castes invented a Hindu majority - The Caravan
WEBDec 31, 2020 — {ONE} TODAY, IN INDIA, nearly all media have been co-opted into “Hindu nationalism,” which appears to be virtually the only permissible perspective on politics.According to this perspective, “Hindu” is both an ancient religion and an ethnic group mythically born with it, thus making “Hindus” the eternal natives of India.
Did Narendra Modi omit details of his land assets in his election ...
WEBApr 15, 2019 — A public-interest litigation filed today in the Supreme Court of India claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi omitted crucial details regarding land assets in his election affidavits.