What does divorce tell us of the state of Indian democracy? Saumya Saxena explores how the end of a marriage in the country became the site for a conversation about rights, statehood and equality that far exceeded just the separating couple.
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Beyond Planning: Flooding and the Hydro-Archive in Chennai
“By excavating the archives of urban hydrology in Chennai, we can see how the unequal production, impact, and representation of floods is embedded in property making and belonging.” Aditya Ramesh argues that responses to flood must go beyond engineering and planning.
Radical Objects: ‘These are not ordinary women’
Urvi Khaitan explores how US Air Force photos reveal the hidden history of female labour in World War II India.
How Noodles Bridge the Bay of Bengal
Andrew Whitehead explores the social and political history of forced migrations lying behind the Burmese noodle stalls in the Indian city of Chennai.
Archiving Insurgency
What can official sources tell us about mass movements for liberation in colonial India? Pragya Dhital introduces a special feature on “Insurgency in the Archives”, in issue 89 of History Workshop Journal.
Refugees and Citizens in India: Memories of 1947 and 1971 in 2020
With new citizenship laws in India, the refugee is being used to determine the Indian citizen along religious lines. Ria Kapoor looks at how Partition in 1947 and the Pakistani refugee crisis of 1971 are shaping this process of redefinition.
Kashmiriyat: The Death of an Idea
As Kashmir’s special status is revoked by India, what can the idea of “kashmiriyat” tell us about the historical basis of Kashmiri identity?
