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The Indian Quarterly – A Literary & Cultural Magazine – Essays

Essays

The Women’s Question

The Women’s Question

by Rochona Majumdar 0

If Satyajit Ray’s early films were in part notable for their fully realised female characters, his 1970s Calcutta films could only see women through a male prism, argues Rochona Majumdar

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The Shah Rukh Shiksha Abhiyan

The Shah Rukh Shiksha Abhiyan

by Shrayana Bhattacharya 0

On a research project in rural Rampur, Shrayana Bhattacharya met a teenage girl for whom SRK opened a window into a different life

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This Land Is My Land

This Land Is My Land

by Preksha Sharma 0

Having grown up in border towns, Preksha Sharma found herself drifting back to this uncertain, liminal space in adulthood, setting down roots in shifting sands

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The Other Side

The Other Side

by Parni Ray 0

Erasing a life to begin again is a trope that has characterised many an ‘irresponsible’ man (and few women). But is it even possible anymore, wonders Parni Ray

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Battlegrounds

Battlegrounds

by Anjali Doshi 1

Anjali Doshi reflects on the unattractive display of hyper-nationalism by Indian cricket fans at the recently concluded World Cup

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The Female Athlete

The Female Athlete

by Payoshni Mitra 1

Athletics federations rely on dodgy science to define who gets to compete as a woman, to create the illusion of a level playing field, argues Payoshni Mitra

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A Fan’s Notes

A Fan’s Notes

by Jai Arjun Singh 0

What strange alchemy makes sports fans relate so passionately, so personally, to young, God-like millionaire athletes, wonders Jai Arjun Singh

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Manufacturing Memory

Manufacturing Memory

by Anil Nauriya 1

Our history is a battleground. What we remember and what we forget, writes Anil Nauriya, is essential to the control of the national narrative

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Blood Pheasants of Kanchenjunga

Blood Pheasants of Kanchenjunga

by Stephen Alter 1

Stephen Alter on an expedition to the ‘great snow-covered mountain’ in search of a bird revered by the Lepcha people

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Istanbul Interregnum

Istanbul Interregnum

by Ananya Vajpeyi 0

In a moment of personal flux, Ananya Vajpeyi finds solace in the Turkish capital, its past and its present. And its connections to her home city of Delhi

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