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Vivek Menezes
Vivek Menezes is a regular Scroll.in contributor
To argue with racists, a British geneticist wants to help readers understand science
Race and caste purity ‘is a biological myth’, notes Adam Rutherford in his new book.
Vivek Menezes
· 3 hours ago
Jerusalema: Why a South African song has become the soundtrack to a world in lockdown
From Portland to Panjim, everyone’s dancing to the addictive beat. But there’s more to it than meets the ear.
Vivek Menezes
· Oct 14, 2020 · 11:30 am
From the US to India, contemplating the death of democracy
The old order is changing. What’s going to take its place?
Vivek Menezes
· Oct 07, 2020 · 07:48 pm
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‘People admire Korean culture because the balance they seem to have found in letting the traditional and modern exist side by side is worth emulating.’
Vivek Menezes
· Sep 30, 2020 · 11:30 am
Why is writing from the North East often ignored by mainland Indian literary culture?
Writers in English from the region have produced brilliant books that deserve inclusion in any Indo-Anglian canon that purports to serve for India.
Vivek Menezes
· Sep 23, 2020 · 11:30 am
‘Don’t punch Nazis’: Rutger Bregman’s Utopian manifesto for living
The Dutch historian’s ‘Humankind’ offers a hopeful message in the grim times of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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· Sep 16, 2020 · 11:30 am
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· Sep 09, 2020 · 11:30 am
‘Nightwalkers glide through Tier III towns’: How can India heal its coronavirus-ravaged cities?
The Z-Axis Conference brings together ‘starchitects’ from around the world to share their experiences about solving urban challenges.
Vivek Menezes
· Sep 02, 2020 · 05:55 pm
In Kamala Harris’s faded ’70s photo, a reminder of the racial journey of 17th-century US desis
It’s a distinct reminder of paths not taken and the broken trajectory of the first South Asian immigrants in America.
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· Aug 19, 2020 · 02:38 pm
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· Aug 19, 2020 · 02:30 pm
In ambitious Midnight’s Family virtual art exhibition, unwieldy conceptual baggage blurs the picture
It isn’t the fault of the curatorial team that identitarian labels are so dodgy.
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· Aug 12, 2020 · 02:24 pm
Miss Ferns and the hidden history of Indian Modernist art
Trindade’s paintings depict distinctly emancipated Indian women, who adroitly repel – even reverse – the male and colonial gaze.
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· Aug 05, 2020 · 12:00 pm
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