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Topic: Subaltern

Can the subaltern pronounce? Gayatri Spivak Q&A turns into firestorm of class, snobbery, intolerance

During session at JNU, Spivak repeatedly interrupted a young scholar to correct his pronunciation of WEB Du Bois' name, drawing criticism & questions about power dynamics.

How Bihar’s subaltern Chhath festival entered the elite spaces

Along with the gentrification, media is inserting religious legends into Chhath's history. The forward march of India's subaltern may just end up as another ritualistic Hindu festival.

Three things Indian liberals held dear were tested this Lok Sabha election

Progressives and liberals are now saying the system is broken because it is electing people who are at the opposite end of the spectrum.

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After being toppled by Gen Z, Nepal’s old guard is now chasing the youth vote

Free internet, $10,000 cards, diaspora voting rights — Nepal’s parties are pitching big ideas ahead of polls. Will this election truly break the cycle?

FY23 chosen as new base for India’s GDP as it was 1st ‘normal economic year’ in a while—MoSPI secy

FY 2022-23 was the first normal economic year in recent years, said Saurabh Garg, Secretary of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, in an interview with ThePrint.

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.