‘Ambedkar dwells within me, Ambedkar dwells within you’: Anita Bharti’s poetry tribute to Babasaheb

The four poems have been translated from the Hindi by Nikhil Pandhi.

Nikhil Pandhi

· Dec 11, 2022 · 12:30 pm

Dalit Lekhak Sangh turns 25, shows how Dalit literature could be a radical preamble to a New India

Writers and poets reflected on the legacy of Dalit literature, its transformation into a vehicle of critical consciousness, and its expansive future.

Nikhil Pandhi

· Sep 03, 2022 · 08:30 am

What the latest US census reveals about racial and ethnic diversity and what India can learn from it

A caste census would truly enable India to understand the demographic grammars through which caste is lived and experienced in everyday terms.

Nikhil Pandhi

· Aug 22, 2021 · 09:00 am

By criticising rural residents for Covid-19 ‘vaccine hesitancy’, India is playing ‘blame the victim’

Rural regions, historically underserved by the medical system, are easy to cast into imagined ‘geographies of blame’.

Nikhil Pandhi

· Aug 08, 2021 · 09:00 am

What India can learn from the HIV crisis about protecting children who have lost parents to Covid-19

India must recognise children’s everyday care work in health emergencies and establish a national law for orphans and the vulnerable young of the pandemic.

Nikhil Pandhi

· Jun 23, 2021 · 09:00 am

India’s rights panel wants law for dignity in death – but marginal groups first need dignity in life

The country must cultivate the virtue of humanity without using dignity as a fig-leaf to ignore deep disparities, which are being exacerbated by Covid-19.

Nikhil Pandhi

· Jun 08, 2021 · 09:00 am

Triage is a global weapon in Covid-19 battle – but social disparities blunt its edge in India

In the Indian context, who gets to claim health in an emergency is prefigured by who gets to claim health even in everyday situations.

Nikhil Pandhi

· May 21, 2021 · 07:30 am

How an Indian played a crucial part in preserving Burma’s history for posterity

Visual narratives of Burmese history and their Indian connection.

Nikhil Pandhi

· Jun 15, 2015 · 01:30 pm

Do you feel jealous, old girl? Personal histories and postcards from Burma

Glimpses of 1920s Rangoon thanks to an Indian who owned one of its popular photographic studios.

Nikhil Pandhi

· Jun 07, 2015 · 01:30 pm