Allegory – Opinion Tandoor

History and Society

The Story of Another National Identification Card: Indonesia’s Kartu Tanda Penduduk

January 22, 2018 Opinion तंदूर 0 Comments Allegory, Benedict Anderson, Census, dissent, Imagined Communities, Indonesia, Kartu Tanda Penduduk, Pramoedya, Surveillance

Whilst reading one of the seminal works on nationalism, Benedict Anderson’s ‘Imagined Communities’, one comes across an unassuming footnote on

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Politics, Policy and Governance

Kula Kalvi Thittam (1953) and Relaxation of Child Labour Laws (2015): An Allegorical Reading.

May 9, 2015 Opinion तंदूर 0 Comments Allegory, Caste, Child Labour, Class, Kula Kalvi Thittam, Tamil Nadu

Allegory: This is an account of two political stories, one which unfolded more than five decades ago and another which

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