Sanjay Srivastava
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Jan 07, 2020
Post-nationalism and the notion of ‘ordinary’ person: How India shifted from a people-driven republic to a State-driven one
In recent times, the binary between what we are and what we do has largely collapsed. This, in turn, is due to the fact that rather than a people-driven republic, we are a state-driven one: our sense of what we are has very significantly been provided by the political leadership in power. -
Jun 12, 2019
Not Hitting the Right Chord
The intellectual poverty of the Right has ushered in a situation where national life is now organised around the binaries of Hindu and Muslim, secular and religious -
Apr 26, 2019
Caste, class and certificates
Politicians embellishing their qualifications reflects the changing nature of caste and its relationship with class. Historically, a graduate was simply assumed to be an upper caste. -
Mar 15, 2019
The making of toxic Hindu masculinity
The threat to an imagined ancient Hindu manhood is sought to be countered through a variety of modern symbols: Hanuman is now a brawny, scowling figure and a six-pack Shiva marshals his trishul like a laser gun -
Jan 26, 2019
A parade of militarism, with no place for soldier or citizen
Symbolic militarism, including that on display at the Republic Day Parade, is a salve to past injuries and a proclamation of contemporary prowess
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