Archive - Discovering India and the World

Meera Kosambi's Seminal Article on Rama-bai, Rakhma-bai, and Anandi-bai

Indian Women and the "Western Influence"

Jun 27 •

Piketty and Nievas: Quantifying the White Man’s Burden While Pampering the White Man's Sentiments

Piketty and Nievas's paper on Unequal Exchange is important, but is rendered weak by its insistence to shy away from faithfully describing the colonial…

Jun 15 •

April 2025

A Code of Gentoo Laws: The Origins of Modern “Personal Laws” in South Asia and India

The beginnings of the artificial division of diverse South Asian peoples and communities into simplistic Hindu and Muslim categories.

Apr 28 •

Tumbbad: A Brilliant Movie on Caste Privilege in Indian History

The 2018 Tumbbad is among the best and most visually spectacular Indian films — it is also one of the best movies ever on caste.

Apr 4 •

December 2024

The private insurance "trap"

Attempts to reform the health system in the US have proved difficult, partly due to resistance to the idea of 'socialized' health, which has been much…

Dec 9, 2024 •

November 2024

A review of William Dalrymple’s ‘The Golden Road’

If we take the Indocentrism with a fistful of salt, The Golden Road is a great, eminently readable book. My hope is that it will be the last of the…

Nov 24, 2024 •

August 2024

Reflections on the responses to the sexual violence at RG Kar Hospital

And how the IMA continues to fail at reading the room

Aug 23, 2024 •

July 2024

"If Hard Work Made You a Billionaire, Every Woman in Rural India Would Be One"

The destructive nature of the billionaire phenomenon

Jul 19, 2024 •

June 2024

Indian Healthcare's New Mistake/Folly

Adult BCG vaccination: a flawed last-ditch attempt to 'eliminate' TB?

Jun 25, 2024 •

April 2024

The Myths Around Dr Dilip Mahalanabis, the “Father” of ORS

How science and scientists’ work are distorted in the social media jungle

Apr 20, 2024 •

December 2023

Educational Material Regarding the Violence in Gaza

The reason Gaza violence is exceptional is the despicable ways in which elites in EuroAmerica are committing, justifying, & supporting it

Dec 27, 2023 •

The viral AIIMS Twitter post and the state of healthcare in India

The elite are not suddenly going to be convinced of the towering idea that the underprivileged deserve the same kind of healthcare as them.

Dec 9, 2023 •

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