The essay explores cross-border marriages between Nepalese women and Indian men and the paranoia of the Indian state to the spatial migration of these brides, after marriage, to their husband’s home country.
This essay looks at the anti-masker protests in the United States in 2020 during the COVID pandemic, and the state’s response to the protests. It argues that the protests stemmed from a toxic masculine understanding of personal freedom, and the response of the state was also rooted in its protectionist masculinity towards its citizens. The essay also explores the underlying white supremacy in the interaction of both the masculinities.
The Saint of death demonstrates how different identities can be associated with an icon, but the icon does not necessarily need to be associated with a singular identity.
What does an analysis of the United States of America’s separation of the Chinese Communist Party from the nation’s populace reveal about China’s future foreign policy outlook?
– Agnidh Ghosh
How can the politics of naming a virus serve as an insight into the 45th Presidency of the United States of America?
– Ayaan Sagar
Why has the strategy of naming and shaming proved ineffective in curbing the growth of QAnon’s propagation of bizarrity?
– Manasa Sriram
What do a first-year International Relations aspirant and a third-year International Relations minor have to say about the discipline and their place in it?
– Meher Manga
What does the highly publicized photograph of the tomb of a nameless soldier connote about the politics of mourning in the United States of America in the years following the end of the Vietnam War?
– Isha Dasari
What does the manner of use (and misuse) of a military term connote for the conducting of politics in India?
– Riya Chaturvedi
In the erstwhile colonial Bombay of the 1800s, colossal sculptures began materializing in and around the city’s most prominent avenues.
– Radhika Srinivasan
