Discourses From the East
The Socialist Galaxy We Forgot: Adil Hussain in the Moral Economy of Star Trek
Star Trek, the science fiction world that began on American television in 1966, imagines a future where Earth is one among many…
Discourses From the East
The Road to Invisibility: Infrastructure, Development and Disruption in Meghalaya
Roads, a term that is usually juxtaposed with the imagination of development in our vocabulary, are ‘things’ that create disruption, displacement, and…
Karbi Anglong: The Sixth Schedule Under Siege
The violence that engulfed West Karbi Anglong on December 22, 2025, leaving two dead and over seventy injured, was not a spontaneous…
Nitish Kumar Row: Is it fair to pull down a woman’s veil?
Recently, a video went viral in which Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, is seen forcefully pulling down a Muslim woman’s…
Pillai Sahab
Translators’ preface: This is a translation of the narrative “Pillai Sahab” from Ei Ran Ei Jivan by Kamaleswar Barua, a collection of…
Six Decades of Waiting: Why Assam’s Marginalized Ethnic Groups Deserve More Than Political Theatre
On November 27, 2025, the Assam Cabinet approved the Group of Ministers’ report on granting Scheduled Tribe status to the six historically…
