Jan

28

Breaking away: India’s internal frictions

January 28, 2010 | 2 Comments

Siddhartha Deb is a fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute and teaches creative writing at the New School. He is working on a nonfiction book about contemporary India. (Courtesy: The National)

Jan

13

Telangana State Controversy: Indian University Students Take Up the Fight

January 13, 2010 | 2 Comments

-Riane Menardi HYDERABAD, India — In the middle of the University of Hyderabad’s expansive campus is a large, haphazard tent, pitched precariously with sticks and rope. On a weekday afternoon, about 25 graduate students sit cross-legged on a dirty rug, talking among themselves. They shoot challenging glances at passers-by, half daring, half inviting them to [...]