PinnedKshirin Rao EshwaraDo Germans want change? Understanding election results and bidding Merkel auf wiedersehenWho can do for Germany in the years to come what Angela did for 16 years?Oct 9, 2021Oct 9, 2021
Kshirin Rao EshwaraFinding Agrabah: Disney’s interchangeable representation problemIn recent years, the sound and colour of Disney’s animated movies have undergone a dramatic metamorphosis.Jan 29, 2022Jan 29, 2022
Kshirin Rao EshwaraImprisoned or empowered by geography? Understanding China as a land-sea powerAs a textbook case of a “composite land-sea power”, China’s dual orientation could complicate its interests rather than serve them.Jan 9, 2022Jan 9, 2022
Kshirin Rao Eshwara‘China in Ten Words’: Making sense of China through “ten pairs of eyes” in Yu Hua’s bookA postmodernist writer’s perspective of the Chinese experience during the Cultural Revolution.Sep 23, 2021Sep 23, 2021
Kshirin Rao EshwaraThe Other Side: Comparing Biases in Journalism in India and PakistanIn the early months of 2019, a district called Pulwama in South Kashmir had become a battleground fraught with unease and hostility for…Jul 31, 2021Jul 31, 2021
Kshirin Rao EshwaraCulture, Religion and the Politics of FoodHow food in India has frequently been embroiled in political and cultural conflict.Jul 16, 2021Jul 16, 2021
Kshirin Rao EshwaraThe Futility of the Left-Right Binary in IndiaWhy the left-right political binary doesn’t work in India.Feb 6, 2021Feb 6, 2021
Kshirin Rao EshwaraAmerica’s Political Intellectuals: Jon Stewart and The Daily Show AlumniAn examination of the intellectual and cultural impact of Jon Stewart and The Daily Show.Jan 8, 2021Jan 8, 2021