The backlash over a Zomato ad for its alleged casteist content, and the subsequent action by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes is a wake-up call for the Indian advertising industry
The first in an exclusive series of essays to mark the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, by winners of the New India Foundation Fellowship for writers.
Civility in Crisis: Democracy, Equality and the Majoritarian Challenge in India edited by Suryakant Waghmore and Hugo Gorringe, New Delhi: Routledge, 2021; pp 190, $48.95.
53 scholars of South Asia criticise the research that anthropologist Saiba Varma did for her book, ‘The Occupied Clinic’. "I deeply respect the views that have been expressed, while also standing behind my scholarship," Saiba Varma writes in response.
These are the 11 books in progress that the Rs 18-lakh New India Foundation fellowships will support
The books are meant to be works of non-fiction that throw light on an aspect of post-1947 India. 4 hours ago Novelist and poet Anjum Hasan is one of the 11 recipients of the fellowship. She will write a book on Shillong. | Zac O Yeah India is not known for funding literary projects in the making. There are – or were, before pandemic – several literary prizes, but these are or were given well after the winning books are published. And although there are prizes or categories for non-fiction books among them, the focus is on fiction.