The Indian Quarterly – A Literary & Cultural Magazine

India’s Great War

By Vedica Kant 0

Millions of colonial subjects fought alongside their ‘masters’ in World War I. Long ignored by both coloniser and colonised, are these forgotten soldiers now getting their due, asks Vedica Kant

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A City Speaks

By Shreevatsa Nevatia 0

Banaras is so old, so steeped in its own legend, that we forget it still breathes, that life goes on and that it has new stories to tell, argues Shreevatsa Nevatia

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Let’s Talk About Sex

By Iona Italia 0

In India, #MeToo has been criticised as urban and elite, irrelevant to the lives of most women. But can it force a public conversation on topics that were once taboo, asks Iona Italia

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Precious Pulp

By Rakhshanda Jalil 0

Urdu writer Ibn-e-Safi’s highly popular crime novels remind us of a lost fantasy—a world of unlikely internationalism, glamorous intrigue and deep secularism, writes Rakhshanda Jalil

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The Monster in the Bed

By Shreevatsa Nevatia 1

Childhood can be a time of cosy confidences—or experiences so devastatingly adult a child can never share them. Shreevatsa Nevatia on the trauma of childish secrets

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Part of the Zionist vision for Israel was to return to prehistory, to the Biblical land of milk and honey. As if planting trees over villages would remove every trace of their Arab inhabitants, writes Sharif S Elmusa

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Trees of Life

By A Ramachandran 0

Artist A Ramachandran’s richly metaphorical trees are a visual feast and a botanist’s confusion, writes Rupika Chawla

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A Perfect Imperfection

By Lola Mac Dougall 0

Cristina de Middel’s latest photographic work focuses on India, drawing connections with Charlie Chaplin in a characteristically whimsical style, writes Lola Mac Dougall

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