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Durgesh Solanki
Durgesh Solanki is a Sociology Ph.D. student at Johns Hopkins University. He studies caste, race, disease, and empire.

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Isabel Wilkerson's ‘Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents’

Book Review

October 2020

Durgesh Solanki

Book Review

October 2020

In 1498 the colonial explorer Vasco da Gama reached Kerala, on the West Coast of present-day India. The Portuguese first came as traders, but...

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Interview

February 2014

Interview with Patrick Keiller

David Anderson

Interview

February 2014

Patrick Keiller, an architect ‘diverted’ into making films, is principally known for his Robinson series, which began with  London (1994)...

Art

April 2017

'Learning from Athens'

Robert Assaye

Art

April 2017

The history of Documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition founded in the German city of Kassel in 1955, is...

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November 2015

Streets of Contradiction

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November 2015

Jerusalem has a remarkably cohesive identity, in architectural terms. Every building, from the Western Wall to the sleek hotels...

 

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