Going Vernacular: Naatu Naatu, RRR and the Poetics of the Global Telugu Sphere
By Chris Chekuri. Chris teaches History at San Francisco State University. He is a managing editor at Maidaanam. పొలంగట్టు దుమ్ములోనContinue Reading
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A Conversation with Gita Ramaswamy on Land, Justice, and Friendship
Editor’s Note: In the following essay, A. Suneetha and R.V. Ramanamurthy present an overview of the recently published autobiography, Land,Continue Reading
Between Dreams and Ghosts: A Conversation with Professor Andrea Wright on Indian Gulf Migration and Middle Eastern Oil
Editor’s Note: In the following essay, Neilesh Bose presents an overview of the recently published book, Between Dreams and Ghosts:Continue Reading
When Persian was an Indian Language: The Fables of Jameh ul-Tamseel from Medieval Hyderabad to Modern Iran
By Alex Shams. Alex is a writer and PhD student of Anthropology at the University of Chicago whose work focusesContinue Reading
Extrajudicial Killings in India, Then and Now: Revisiting the work of K. Balagopal
By Jinee Lokaneeta. Jinee is Professor of Political Science & International Relations at Drew University. She is the author ofContinue Reading
Who is Saibinn Mai for the Bombay Catholics?
By Elroy Pinto. Elroy is an independent filmmaker, researcher, and writer based in Mumbai. His first short film-essay, Kaifiyat (2019)Continue Reading
A Semiotic Storm: The Afterlife of Sir Arthur Cotton
By Gautam Pemmaraju. Gautam is a Mumbai-based independent filmmaker, writer, and researcher working in the areas of history, literature, andContinue Reading
Found Objects: From Colonial Libraries to Postcolonial Archives
By Sravanthi Kollu. Sravanthi is a Postdoctoral Associate at Kilachand Honors College, Boston University. She writes on literature, history, andContinue Reading
Fatima Alam Ali’s Intimate Glimpses of Hyderabad’s Mid-century Urdu Writers
By Nazia Akhtar. Nazia is Assistant Professor of Literature at the International Institute of Information Technology, Gachibowli-Hyderabad. Her research interests includeContinue Reading
When Princely Hyderabad Looked to Imperial Tokyo
By Tariq Sheikh. Tariq is Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. His researchContinue Reading