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Kavitha Iyer

Kavitha Iyer

Kavitha Iyer is a freelance journalist based in Mumbai. She writes on India's rural political economy, climate and gender.

Kavitha Iyer is a freelance journalist based in Mumbai. She writes on India's rural political economy, climate and gender.

Articles from author

After 78 years, India’s Muslims are being written out of citizenship

Once pledged equality and belonging in the aftermath of Partition, India’s 200 million Muslims now face legal, political, and cultural exclusions that erode the very foundations of the republic’s secular promise.

After 78 years, India’s Muslims are being written out of citizenship

After 78 years, India’s Muslims are being written out of citizenship

Erasing a people: How India’s bulldozer politics targets its Muslim poor

Across Indian cities, bulldozers are being used to clear slums, but to also target Muslim communities under the guise of development and security, revealing a deeper project of erasure and exclusion.

Erasing a people: How India’s bulldozer politics targets its Muslim poor

Erasing a people: How India’s bulldozer politics targets its Muslim poor

How Bollywood flick Chhaava led to violence and curfew in an Indian city

In a society increasingly shaped by propaganda films and political provocations, history is not being remembered—it is being weaponised.

How Bollywood flick Chhaava led to violence and curfew in an Indian city

How Bollywood flick Chhaava led to violence and curfew in an Indian city