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In episode 28 of What’s Your ISM?, Sudipto Mondal speaks with Nadira Khatun about identity politics, cinema and new her book Postcolonial Bollywood and Muslim Identity: Production, Representation, and Reception. They discuss Bollywood’s layered depiction of Muslim identities, its evolution since independence, and how cinema reflects broader societal narratives.

Several Congress leaders have questioned the electoral process while claiming that a village in Maharashtra’s Dhule district, which traditionally votes for the party, has strangely clocked zero votes for the party this time.

Does nation-building mean overworking India’s workforce? Do longer working hours mean more productivity or is the problem rooted in systemic inefficiencies like poor infrastructure, lack of investment in skills, and outdated policies?

Suspense continues in Maharashtra over who will be the chief minister’s face while the Hemant Soren-led government is set to take oath this week in Jharkhand.

In the second episode, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, and Leena Reghunath are joined by Frontline’s senior associate editor RK Radhakrishnan and lawyer Nikhil Narendran.

The last quarter of each year is chock-full of festivals--which, traditionally, is when Indians shop for new clothes, spurred on by myriad sales and big discounts.

In Maharashtra’s politics, one truth reigns supreme: it’s always too soon to write an obituary for a political party.

While discussing The Sabarmati Report’s trailer:

Winning at least 54 of the 81 seats it contested in Maharashtra, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena seems to have settled the long-standing debate around who carries the legacy of the undivided Sena.