Singing for Revolution: Revisiting The Life and Lyrics of Gaddar
By P. Kesava Kumar. Kesava Kumar is a Professor of Philosophy at Delhi University. Translations by A. Suneetha and GauthamContinue Reading
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What Makes a Telugu Song a Global Dance Hit? Unpacking the Viral Success of RRR’s Naatu Naatu
By Rumya Putcha. Rumya is an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia in the Institute for Women’s Studies asContinue Reading
Notes on the Second Annual Telugu Studies Conference at the University of Pennsylvania
By Chinnaiah Jangam. Chinnaiah is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Carleton University in Canada. His researchContinue Reading
Watching RRR: Film Scholars Monika Mehta and Anupama Prabhala Discuss the Movie’s Many Audiences and Contexts
Monika Mehta is Associate Professor of English at SUNY Binghamton. She is the author of Censorship and Sexuality in Bombay Cinema (2011).Continue Reading
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
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