A Prolegomena
By Udeepta Chakravarty, 6/25/2023. The Bihar movement (1974-1975) and the Emergency (1975-1977) have been studied substantially. This period was a turning point in Indian politics [...]
Return to Tapi and the Megha Cooperative
By Collin McClain, 12/26/2019. Above: Scenes from a wattle and daub house in Tapi district, Gujarat. I'd like to return now to the story of [...]
SEWA: An Overview
By Collin McClain, 12/26/2019. Over the course of 7 weeks in the Summer of 2019 I took over 20,000 photos in service to SEWA. But [...]
Manjulaben – A Memorial
By Collin McClain, 09/06/2019. On a return trip back to Tapi District (post forthcoming), it came to my attention that one of the women I [...]
Kolkata’s Chinatown: Hidden in Plain Sight
By Isobel Chiang, 08/05/2019. Tiretta Bazar (pronounced colloquially as "Territy Bazar") is Kolkata's original Chinatown. As I've written before, it's a fascinating, confusing place, and [...]
Shantiniketan and Other Modernisms
By Luke McCusker, 08/06/2019. It was raining as Professor Sivakumar walked me to his house in Shantiniketan. We sat on hardwood furniture in a clean, [...]
Notes from the field
By Isobel Chiang, 08/04/2019. If I’m being honest, the month before I left for India was not an enjoyable one: I was excited for my [...]
A Phenomenology of Detritus
By Luke McCusker, 08/03/2019. It is part of the earth and it is part of our worlds. Everything you do leaves something behind. Your existence [...]
Megha: An Agricultural Cooperative for Indigenous Women
“We are women, tribal women. And we are farmers. We women are the ones who work these fields. We know that there must also be women farmers in the United States and the rest of the world, and we want them to know that we are here. That is important to us.” -Lataben, Narmadaben, Ratilaben, and Sheelaben