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Dev Pathak
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As Covid-19 social distancing distorts social bonds, revisiting Durkheim’s theory of suicide
The French sociologist proposed a correlation between social pathology and suicide. Does it have relevance in locked-down India?
Dev Pathak
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Who is the hero in Bangladesh’s history, asks a play under threat of censorship
‘Crutch’er Colonel’ asks questions about Bangladesh’s celebrated historical icons.
Dev Pathak
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Why a Sri Lankan artist’s redrawn maps are gaining ardent admirers in India
Pala Pothupitiye’s alternative cartographies articulate memory and its erasure.
Dev Pathak
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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The India Art Fair promised to champion South Asian art – but did it really?
Next year, organisers might want to spend a little more time on the ideational process.
Dev Pathak
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The story of a Sri Lankan woodcarver who became a prisoner and a political artist
Koralegedara Pushpakumara disturbs the notions of history, politics and art in his rendering of Sri Lanka.
Dev Pathak