Janaki Nair

The writer is professor of history, JNU, Delhi, and author of ‘Mysore Modern: Rethinking the Region under Princely Rule’.

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Some must take barefoot to the highway, others make privileged journeysSubscriber Only

May 28, 2020 06:34 IST

The paradoxical invisibility of migrants-as-workers until now has now been compounded by those state governments that have exercised their freedom to suspend labour laws for 1,200 days.

Thu, May 28, 2020

JNU protests uphold public morality at a time when it’s being underminedSubscriber Only

December 11, 2019 03:54 IST

What the JNU students have upheld is a reminder of the importance of public morality, at a time when it has been degraded beyond recognition in our republic’s life.

Wed, Dec 11, 2019

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Same old rent-seekingSubscriber Only

July 16, 2019 00:05 IST

Politicians yearn to lay hands on Karnataka’s public goods and natural assets, control its bureaucracy. The present political crisis is a reflection of this impulse.

Tue, Jul 16, 2019

Re-imagining the universitySubscriber Only

September 05, 2018 00:59 IST

This Teachers’ Day, let us recall a 1949 report written under the leadership of S Radhakrishnan

Wed, Sep 05, 2018

The Karnataka way of being IndianSubscriber Only

May 10, 2018 00:05 IST

The state’s history and its hard-won specificities will have a say in deciding the assembly election outcome. There is little that models developed in the country’s North can offer it.

Thu, May 10, 2018

Winning Tripura, subduing JNUSubscriber Only

March 09, 2018 00:10 IST

The triumphalism witnessed in Tripura is linked to the sustained political and administrative attack on the Jawaharlal Nehru University since February 2016.

Fri, Mar 09, 2018

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An inclusive saffronSubscriber Only

January 24, 2018 00:25 IST

Yogi Adityanath, prominent BJP campaigner in Karnataka, has much to learn from the state’s mathas. They provide an alternative model of how community organisations engage with society and state

Wed, Jan 24, 2018

Many betrayals of HadiyaSubscriber Only

December 15, 2017 00:36 IST

Institutions that were intended to enable and protect her have let her down. They have reminded her repeatedly that her words, actions and decisions will not be trusted .

Fri, Dec 15, 2017

Man held for training suspects in guns also trained Dabholkar killers

Voice of the provinceSubscriber Only

September 09, 2017 00:15 IST

To kill the spirit and provocations of ‘Gauri Lankesh Patrike’, Gauri Lankesh had to die

Sat, Sep 09, 2017

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Cow provincialismSubscriber Only

July 21, 2017 00:00 IST

Market forces, changed tastes and the televisual media alike have ensured that the salwar kameez, and “mehndi” and “sangeet” ceremonies, have marched into our lives, but these are at least colourful and relatively inoffensive. We cannot say the same about life-threatening cow nationalism.

Fri, Jul 21, 2017

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Demonetising JNUSubscriber Only

April 01, 2017 00:00 IST

Its excellence in research, and its diversity, are products of decades of thought and struggle. New admission procedures threaten its character.

Sat, Apr 01, 2017

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Rage against the intellectualSubscriber Only

March 10, 2017 00:19 IST

The responses to Gurmehar’s fearless speech come at a time when the monstrous rage against the intellectual has been growing, both in India and beyond.

Fri, Mar 10, 2017

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Why Bengaluru isn’t so coolSubscriber Only

January 10, 2017 00:02 IST

The idea that the city enjoys the reputation of being safe for women is a well-nourished urban myth

Tue, Jan 10, 2017

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Vijayanagara in BengaluruSubscriber Only

November 30, 2016 00:02 IST

The big fat Reddy wedding has underlined the privatisation of the public in Karnataka.

Wed, Nov 30, 2016

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Why the British commemorate TipuSubscriber Only

November 20, 2015 00:00 IST

In Srirangapatna itself, an initial phase in which the British destroyed the material memory of the sultan for fear of insurrection gave way to monumental respect.

Fri, Nov 20, 2015