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The duality of the names, ‘India’ (also Hindustan) and ‘Bharat’, is a testimony to the plural cultural heritage that the Constitution acknowledged. Altering that would be an attack on that heritage
Divya Ravindranath and Apoorva Saini have set up the online archive Cities in Fiction to record how fictional narratives construct spaces in South Asia.
Bekhudi besabab nahin Ghalib (Distraction is not without reason, Ghalib Something’s afoot that is being veiled) FOR Pakistan, the prospect of reduced tension with a larger adversary should be welcome. Extended backchannel contacts, a revival of the LoC ceasefire, an exchange of messages between the prime ministers, Pakistan’s offer of Covid-19 relief assistance to India, and possible negotiations on “all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir”, should be cause for cautious optimism. However, important questions remain which will be answered one way or another soon enough. Rep...