How identity politics has led to a communal reimagination of Indian geography

Muslim spatial presence becomes a permanent obstacle in achieving the goal of a nation-state based on a homogenous Hindu culture and religion.

Nazima Parveen

· Nov 27, 2022 · 07:30 am

‘Are you Muslim first or Indian first?’: How I discovered my identity

It sometimes takes other people’s prejudices and insecurities to reveal the hidden aspects of our identities to ourselves.

Abdullah Khan

· Dec 25, 2020 · 07:30 am

Lessons from Ireland: Should a minority people be expected to ‘integrate’ into the dominant culture?

Who defines the culture into which they should integrate and who decides when the integration point is reached?

Padmaparna Ghosh

· Apr 08, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Justin Trudeau’s India debacle shows what happens when even nations develop ‘brand’ identities

The ease with which we use the term ‘brand’, especially when speaking of political diplomacy, underscores how the practice of corporate branding has permeated.

Rebecca Ogden, The Conversation

· Mar 07, 2018 · 02:30 pm

Opinion: The BJP’s ideology and its growth mirrors that of the Muslim League in the 1930s

In many ways, the subcontinent’s pre-Partition past is playing out in today’s India.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Aug 07, 2017 · 08:00 am

As Germans attempt to define national culture, some detect anti-Muslim tone to the debate

Critics think that beneath this veneer of seeming congeniality is an underlying assumption that other native cultures are inferior to the Deutsch way of life.

Sukhada Tatke

· May 18, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Gurmehar Kaur’s ultimate question: What really makes a nation?

This is an ancient conundrum, which will never be resolved. Ever.

Dilip D’Souza

· Mar 05, 2017 · 10:30 am

Nervous Nagaland makes an old mistake while reaching for a shortcut to bypass women's quota

Instead of talking with citizens to reach a consensus, it has sought a central ordinance to exempt the state from having women’s reservation in civic bodies.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Feb 07, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Nagaland violence: Women's reservation was seen as (yet another) imposition by the Centre

Social scientist Walter Fernandes says Nagas saw the move as an interference in tribal customary laws.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Feb 04, 2017 · 08:45 am

Mamata Banerjee's plan to drop 'West' from the state's name is a blow to Bengali identity

Bengal without the prefix tries to invent a wholly-contained make-believe identity.

Garga Chatterjee

· Aug 05, 2016 · 10:30 am

Why national anthems cause so much trouble

Without much fuss, Canada voted to make its anthem gender neutral – but other countries don't have it so easy.

Alan Bairner, The Conversation

· Jun 30, 2016 · 03:30 pm

How football, millennials and migrants are getting Germany to love its flag again

Until the start of the past decade, flag waving or any display of nationalist pride was anathema to Germans.

Bhavya Dore

· Jun 23, 2016 · 03:30 pm