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Goodbye Toni Morrision, A Champion of Decency and My Imaginary Friend

To read Toni Morrison was to be intimate with her politics; and to be intimate with her politics is to challenge, sometimes even annihilate patterns of thought. I haven’t always agreed with her, but she’s forced me to think, think, think. To cultivate convictions and be political.

Sonali Kokra March 30, 2016

POV

Dear Chowkidars of Twitter, What About the Real Watchmen of Indian Democracy?

Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a chowkidar, just like he was a chaiwallah yesterday. Politically, it is a compelling strategy, but true protectors of democracy have been silenced in one way or another. They’ve either faced bullets like Gauri Lankesh or are behind bars like Sudha Bhardwaj.

Angshuman Choudhury March 17, 2016

POV

Sorry Mamata Di, Memes Fall Under Freedom of Expression

It is a bit rich on the part of our politicians to insult each other in the vilest language possible, yet jail a citizen over a meme. Why is free speech the one thing that no politician or institution in this country is willing to uphold or protect?

Manik Sharma March 10, 2016

Bollywood

14 Years of Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi: Why Sudhir Mishra’s Emergency Drama is the Definitive Political Film of Our Generation

Sudhir Mishra's Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi critiques the eternal debate between the Indian Left’s romanticism of its “cause” and its ability to propagate “change”. It’s extraordinary how a film made in 2005 managed to foreshadow a reality that the Left is waking up to, only now.

Parth Pandya March 2, 2016