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Independence, Freedom, Liberation

Vol. 56, Issue No. 44, 30 Oct, 2021
Nazmul S Sultan

The idea of swadhinata (which translates as both freedom and independence), along with a novel conception of liberation (mukti), animated the founding discourse of Bangladesh in 1971. This paper explores how these ideas, and their longer histories, jostled together to shape the promise of Bangladesh’s founding. It also reflects on how the conflictual promise of 1971 underwrote the political history of post-independence Bangladesh.

 

Territory as Political Technology

Vol. 56, Issue No. 41, 09 Oct, 2021
Mir Uzair Farooq

Delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir marks an important moment to reflect on how imagined territories determine everyday life as well as shape political realities.

Quad and Quasi-alignment with the United States

Vol. 56, Issue No. 41, 09 Oct, 2021

The long-term costs of quasi-alignment with the United States need to be assessed by the Government of India.

 

Colonial Episteme, Political Forgetting, and the Quest for Decolonising History

Vol. 56, Issue No. 40, 02 Oct, 2021
Ambreen Agha

The Loss of Hindustan: The Invention of India by Manan Ahmed Asif, London: Harvard University Press, 2020; pp 321, ₹599.

 

Underscoring the Perils of Majoritarianism

Vol. 56, Issue No. 37, 11 Sep, 2021
Prannv Dhawan

Our Hindu Rashtra: What It Is. How We Got Here by Aakar Patel, Westland Books, 2020; pp 368, ₹799.

 

Lessons of Hope for India and Pakistan

Vol. 56, Issue No. 35, 28 Aug, 2021
Meena Menon

Animosity at Bay: An Alternative History of the India–Pakistan Relationship, 1947–52 by Pallavi Raghavan, HarperCollins Publishers India, 2020, pp 288, ₹699.

India’s Afghan Policy: Challenges and Anxieties

Vol. 56, Issue No. 35, 28 Aug, 2021
Rajen Harshe

India can only wait patiently and watch the situation in Afghanistan before initiating any action.

Afghanistan: Present Tense, Future Imperfect

Vol. 56, Issue No. 34, 21 Aug, 2021

The Taliban takeover cannot be understood outside the hegemonic economic and geopolitical interests.

 

A Bridge of Transition to the Postcolonial

Vol. 56, Issue No. 32, 07 Aug, 2021
Gyanesh Kudaisya

India in the Interregnum: Interim Government September 1946–August 1947 by Rakesh Ankit, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2019; pp xii + 376, ₹1,195.

Tribal Revolts in a Precarious Frontier

Vol. 56, Issue No. 28, 10 Jul, 2021
T C A Raghavan

The Limits of Empire: Sub-imperialism and Pukhtun Resistance in the North-West Frontier edited by Sameetah Agha, Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan Private Limited, 2020; pp xvii + 231, price not indicated.

Wit, Irreverence, and a Mirror

Vol. 56, Issue No. 6, 06 Feb, 2021
Mohammad Kamran Ahsan

Legendary comedians Jaspal Bhatti and Moin Akhter on either side of the India–Pakistan border showed the mirror to their hypocritical governments and societies, but with hearty laughs.

Jazba, Restraint and Political Action: New Dimensions of Islamic Politics in Pakistan

Vol. 56, Issue No. 3, 16 Jan, 2021
Charting out the new dimension of politics in Pakistan, Iqbal Singh Sevea describes the rise of the new political party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, with its leader, Khadim Hussain Rizvi, openly supportive of a fundamentalist form of Islam. He encouraged supporters to organise protests against blasphemous acts. On the other hand, Islamic intellectuals such as Javed Ahmad Ghamidi preach a more liberal form of Islam. With the recent death of Rizvi, it remains to be seen in which direction politics in Pakistan will move.

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