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The Indian Quarterly – A Literary & Cultural Magazine – Essays

Essays

The Election in Begusarai

The Election in Begusarai

by Bharath Murthy 3

Bharath Murthy draws attention to a colourful election campaign

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First Tastes

First Tastes

by Ruchir Joshi 0

A short food memoir by Ruchir Joshi

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Memories of Madness

Memories of Madness

by Sanjeev Jain and Alok Sarin 3

How we treat our ‘lunatics’ says a lot about who we are as a society. Psychiatrists Sanjeev Jain and Alok Sarin recall Delhi’s asylum, first sacked during the 1857 rebellion

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Dead Ant, Dead Ant

Dead Ant, Dead Ant

By Akshai Jain 0

The most ambitious scientific experiment ever to test the effects of global warming trains the heat on ants. Akshai Jain explains why, and how

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Modernism and Modernity

Modernism and Modernity

By Nathaniel Gaskell and Diva Gujral 0

The modernist turn to Indian photography may have been chronologically belated but its practitioners were pioneers, creating works that were uniquely hybrid, ‘unruly and layered, global and local, colonial and postcolonial’, write Nathaniel Gaskell and Diva Gujral

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Mud

Mud

By Anuradha Roy 2

At her home in the mountains, Anuradha Roy watches the snow and rain, considers warmth and the stirring of new life in the earth

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Sweat Symbols

Sweat Symbols

By Jai Arjun Singh 1

How have Hindi films treated heat, asks Jai Arjun Singh. And what of the effect of heat, literally, on the making and preservation of those films

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The Hunger Artists

The Hunger Artists

By Revati Laul 1

At the unlikely venue of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Revati Laul found a serious attempt to engage with agrarian distress. Perhaps our politicians should take a look

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The Anger Games

The Anger Games

By Shougat Dasgupta 0

From the bully pulpits occupied by TV news anchors and politicians, rage has been the rallying cry. What is the effect on our national health, asks Shougat Dasgupta

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The Spice Imperative

The Spice Imperative

By Michael Snyder 0

From Mexico, Michael Snyder traces the history of the chilli pepper and reflects on prandial ties, forged under the colonial yoke, with India

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