The Indian Quarterly – A Literary & Cultural Magazine

The Preserver

By Nasreen Munni Kabir 0

Nasreen Munni Kabir on PK Nair, film archivist and inspiration to the cinematic world

As the Wheel Turns

By Alpana Chowdhury 0

A city seen through the eyes of its taxi drivers is a standard cinematic trope. Alpana Chowdhury examines three films from different decades for clues to the decline and fall of Bombay

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Othered City

By Anasua Chatterjee 0

Cut off from the mainstream, even middle-class, educated Muslims find themselves choosing the ghetto, observes Anasua Chatterjee. What damage is fear and prejudice doing

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Entanglements

By Purvai Aranya 3

#MeToo may have been revived in the wake of a Hollywood scandal, but it grew into a global movement. Purvai Aranya reflects on its effect on the Indian campus

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White

By Zac O’Yeah 1

Happy to have become a “reverse coconut”, Zac O’Yeah, when forced to examine his whiteness, goes to a mirror and sees red

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“It’s Anything but B&W”

By Rukminee Guha Thakurta 2

A photographer widely known for her black-and-white work, Dayanita Singh tells her graphic design collaborator, Rukminee Guha Thakurta, why “it’s all about the greys”

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People of No One Book

By Shashi Tharoor 1

In this paean to doubt, Shashi Tharoor argues that Hindutva does a disservice to a religion that encourages the seeking of answers rather than the giving of sermons

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