India - Quillette

Men of the Royal Air Force feeding local children in the Indian famine areas

Bad History at the BBC

A new radio series about the 1943 Bengal famine favours culture-war polemic over rigorous scholarship.

Hira Jungkow

2 May 2024 · 5 min read

Narendra Modi addressing a gathering Ram Temple

Swastikas of Both Sorts: Hindu Nationalism's Fascist Nostalgia

Hindu nationalism is nostalgic for a golden age that never existed, before the invasions of first the Muslims and then the British.

Anwesh Satpathy

30 Apr 2024 · 11 min read

India’s Illiberal First Amendment

The Indian government’s tendency to crack down on speech of which it disapproves dates from the founding of the republic.

Anwesh Satpathy

25 Jan 2024 · 11 min read

The European Union Is Finally Coming Around to Gene-Edited Seeds

For a quarter century, activists such as Vandana Shiva have opposed GM crops that can help feed the world. Now, more than ever, it’s time to reject their Luddite demands

Zion Lights

14 Aug 2023 · 14 min read

Imagine There’s No Svarga: Rediscovering Cārvāka, India’s 2,700-Year-Old Atheistic Tradition

The Cārvākas considered only matter—that which could be sensed—to be real.

Kushal Mehra

1 May 2022 · 8 min read

Next Year in Simla: Thirty years After Its Defeat, the Khalistan Movement Fights on in Cyberspace

Even if the referendum turns out to be a complete failure, though, the Khalistanis seem unlikely to fade away.

Terry Milewski

26 Jan 2022 · 18 min read

India’s Increasingly Despotic Crackdown on Journalists

The deadly attacks on journalists, who now work within a tightening entanglement of political bosses and business behemoths, signifies the rise of India’s elected despots.

Debasish Roy Chowdhury and John Keane

16 Nov 2021 · 6 min read