Atul Kohli argues that democracy in India is not “inclusive”. Ever since the 1980s when government policies took a pro-business tilt, the economy has grown exponentially – 6% per annum for three decades. However, this economic growth is accompanied by widening economic inequality between states and within each state. Business groups in India can exercise…

Sharika Thiranagama’s book studies the impact of the Sri Lankan civil war between the Sinhalese majority-led state and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) on the everyday “mundane” life of civilians living through the horrors. In the introduction, Thiranagama states that this book is not just about Sri Lanka’s war but about “war itself as a social…

In the third chapter, Axel examines the profound interplay between the torture of Sikhs by Indian police and the dissemination of these harrowing images on the internet. From the 1980s onward, violence emerged as a common thread shaping and reshaping the relations constituting the Sikh diaspora. Keith traces the history of torture, particularly its peak…