Idols that ring hollow
For the occasion of this year’s Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, the likeness of a migrant woman was chosen for a much-celebrated idol of…
Read MoreFor the occasion of this year’s Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, the likeness of a migrant woman was chosen for a much-celebrated idol of…
Read MoreWherever one looks across the globe today democracy is in decline and trends towards what was once called “totalitarianism” are on the rise. In…
Read MoreThe situation in Myanmar during and shortly after my fieldwork in March 2020 reminded me of the uncertainty of knowledge and call for…
Read MoreIn the depths of the Depression, two girls were born to Jewish parents in New York City. One, in 1933, was Ruth Bader, later…
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