Postcards from the Archive - Goodbye 2019
2019 was a year of changes and new beginnings for CM. Long overdue, the website...
Posted by
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on January 04, 2020 ·
1 min read
Ethnographic Poetry and Kashmir: A conversation with Ather Zia
[This interview with Professor Ather Zia was conducted on March 31, 2018, at the University...
Posted by
patwari
on March 25, 2019 ·
23 mins read
CM Exclusive: The Promise of Bhagat Singh
[CM is delighted to present an extract from Chris Moffat's India's Revolutionary Inheritance: Politics and...
Posted by
patwari
on March 11, 2019 ·
4 mins read
99 Nights in Logar -- A Conversation with Jamil Jan Kochai
Jamil Jan Kochai (JK) was born in Peshawar, Pakistan, but he originally hails from Logar,...
Posted by
patwari
on January 17, 2019 ·
8 mins read
Postcards from the Archives: Goodbye 2018
The highpoint of the year for CM was the publication of Lapata's The Woman's Courtyard,...
Posted by
patwari
on January 01, 2019 ·
3 mins read
XQs XV — A Conversation with Debjani Bhattacharyya
[The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with the authors of new and exciting...
Posted by
patwari
on December 27, 2018 ·
37 mins read
Migrant Stories: WoC Poetry Night at UM
Migrant Stories — A Report by Miranda M. García Images: Constanza B. Contreras Ruiz Poster:...
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patwari
on November 15, 2018 ·
8 mins read
CM Roundtable III: The Skull of Alum Bheg-Introduction
[We are excited to host this conversation on a very important book, Kim Wagner's The...
Posted by
patwari
on August 07, 2018 ·
3 mins read
CM Roundtable III: The Skull of Alum Bheg — Sameen
[We are excited to host this conversation on a very important book, Kim Wagner's The...
Posted by
patwari
on August 07, 2018 ·
17 mins read
CM Roundtable III: The Skull of Alum Bheg — Morgenstein Fuerst
[We are excited to host this conversation on a very important book, Kim Wagner's The...
Posted by
patwari
on August 07, 2018 ·
19 mins read
CM Roundtable III: The Skull of Alum Bheg — Qadir
[We are excited to host this conversation on a very important book, Kim Wagner's The...
Posted by
patwari
on August 07, 2018 ·
13 mins read
CM Roundtable III: The Skull of Alum Bheg — Narayan
[We are excited to host this conversation on a very important book, Kim Wagner's The...
Posted by
patwari
on August 07, 2018 ·
16 mins read
CM Roundtable III: The Skull of Alum Bheg - Wagner
[We are excited to host this conversation on a very important book, Kim Wagner's The...
Posted by
patwari
on August 07, 2018 ·
14 mins read
XQs XIV — A Conversation with Ammara Maqsood
[The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with the authors of new and exciting...
Posted by
patwari
on August 01, 2018 ·
19 mins read
AAS and the “Problem” of Muslims in India
By Mariam Durrani Mariam Durrani is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Hamilton College. Her...
Posted by
patwari
on July 19, 2018 ·
18 mins read
XQs XIII — A Conversation with Ilyse R. Morgenstein Fuerst
[The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with the authors of new and exciting...
Posted by
patwari
on July 17, 2018 ·
35 mins read
Call for Solidarity in Support of the JNU Protests
We are a group of students at the University of Michigan who wish to support...
Posted by
patwari
on April 03, 2018 ·
4 mins read
XQs XII — A Conversation with Harleen Singh
[The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with the authors of new and exciting...
Posted by
patwari
on February 28, 2018 ·
21 mins read
XQs XI — A Conversation with Mitra Sharafi
[The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with the authors of new and exciting...
Posted by
patwari
on February 09, 2018 ·
27 mins read
Indigenous Peoples' Day at the University of Michigan — II
The Indigenous Peoples' Day teach-in, held on October 12, 2017, was organized and moderated...
Posted by
patwari
on January 21, 2018 ·
16 mins read
XQs X — A Conversation with Anand Vivek Taneja
[The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with the authors of new and...
Posted by
patwari
on January 14, 2018 ·
26 mins read
Islamic-Jacobinism: The Making of the Muslim Intellectual
By Ahmad Makia This essay is about the Islamic-Jacobin political condition. It looks at the...
Posted by
patwari
on January 06, 2018 ·
24 mins read
Postcards from the Archives: Goodbye 2017
2017 started grim, and stayed so. Here, at CM, we started with a few pieces...
Posted by
patwari
on January 02, 2018 ·
2 mins read
Indigenous Peoples' Day at the University of Michigan - I
[To mark the Indigenous Peoples' Day at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, student and...
Posted by
patwari
on November 30, 2017 ·
6 mins read
CM Roundtable II: Religious Difference in a Secular Age
[We are excited to host this conversation on a very important book, Religious Difference in...
Posted by
patwari
on September 06, 2017 ·
12 mins read
CM Roundtable II: Religious Difference in a Secular Age - Amir-Moazami
[We are excited to host this conversation on a very important book, Religious Difference in...
Posted by
patwari
on September 06, 2017 ·
16 mins read
CM Roundtable II: Religious Difference in a Secular Age - Eltantawi
[We are excited to host this conversation on a very important book, Religious Difference in...
Posted by
patwari
on September 06, 2017 ·
19 mins read
CM Roundtable II: Religious Difference in a Secular Age — Iqtidar
[We are excited to host this conversation on a very important book, Religious Difference in...
Posted by
patwari
on September 06, 2017 ·
12 mins read
Liberticide
By Francesca Recchia Vancouver kiss - Rich Lam/Getty Images It happens slowly, irreparably, slyly. What...
Posted by
patwari
on August 17, 2017 ·
12 mins read
CM Exclusive: Prologue to the Chinese Language Edition of The Darjeeling Distinction
By Sarah Besky Sarah Besky received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of...
Posted by
patwari
on May 16, 2017 ·
17 mins read
On two modes of witnessing: Azadeh Akhlaghi and Gauri Gill
By Sarover Zaidi [Sarover Zaidi is an anthropologist, obsessing on architecture, art and other modes...
Posted by
patwari
on May 11, 2017 ·
8 mins read
The Idea of Resistance
By Francesca Recchia 50 years ago, Gillo Pontecorvo won the Golden Lion at the Venice...
Posted by
patwari
on April 13, 2017 ·
9 mins read
Being Brown in Trump's America: A Roundtable on Hate Crimes Against South Asians in the United States
Monday, March 20, 4-6pm | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Co-sponsored by the Tricontinental Solidarity...
Posted by
patwari
on April 04, 2017 ·
23 mins read
XQs IX - A Conversation with Julie Billaud
[The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with the author of new and exciting...
Posted by
patwari
on March 30, 2017 ·
26 mins read
Teach-in on Disappeared Activists in Pakistan
Disappeared: The word does not directly refer back to the person who's vanished, or at...
Posted by
patwari
on March 07, 2017 ·
24 mins read
XQs VIII: A Conversation with Sanjeevini Badigar Lokhande
[The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with the author of new and...
Posted by
patwari
on February 20, 2017 ·
22 mins read
XQs VII: A Conversation with Sarah Besky
[The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with the author of new and exciting...
Posted by
patwari
on January 27, 2017 ·
20 mins read
Fake News isn't a Truth Problem, it's a Personhood Problem
By Kris Cohen [In this new Age of Orange, we'll be bringing you a series...
Posted by
patwari
on January 22, 2017 ·
9 mins read
F**K(ABLE?) HATE
By Grace Argo [In this new Age of Orange, we'll be bringing you a series...
Posted by
patwari
on January 03, 2017 ·
9 mins read
Postcards from the Archives: Goodbye 2016
2016 began with statements of solidarity with JNU (this, this, this, this, this, this, this,...
Posted by
patwari
on January 01, 2017 ·
3 mins read
XQs VI: A Conversation with Nayanika Mathur
[The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with the author of new and exciting...
Posted by
patwari
on December 02, 2016 ·
22 mins read
CM Roundtable I: Surkh Salam - Singh
[The CM Roundtable is a new series that presents multiple, in-depth reviews of an exciting...
Posted by
patwari
on August 07, 2016 ·
21 mins read
CM Roundtable I: Surkh Salam — Elangovan
[The CM Roundtable is a new series that presents multiple, in-depth reviews of an...
Posted by
patwari
on July 14, 2016 ·
17 mins read
CM Roundtable I: Surkh Salam — Rana
[The CM Roundtable is a new series that presents multiple, in-depth reviews of an exciting...
Posted by
patwari
on July 06, 2016 ·
12 mins read
CM Roundtable I: Surkh Salam — Besky
[The CM Roundtable is a new series that presents multiple, in-depth reviews of an exciting...
Posted by
patwari
on June 29, 2016 ·
13 mins read
CM Roundtable I: Surkh Salam - Kanna
[The CM Roundtable is a new series that presents multiple, in-depth reviews of an exciting...
Posted by
patwari
on June 20, 2016 ·
21 mins read
Musings on Absence: Planning, Policies, and Conflict in the Indian Administered Kashmir
By Francesca Recchia Francesca Recchia is an independent researcher and writer based in Afghanistan. She...
Posted by
patwari
on June 01, 2016 ·
9 mins read
Rivers of Blood: A Meditation on Borders
by Taimoor Shahid
Posted by
patwari
on May 19, 2016 ·
3 mins read
Zindagi Gulzar Hai and The Production of a New Traditional Woman
Rich boy meets poor girl, they clash at first only to fall in love later...
Posted by
patwari
on April 23, 2016 ·
23 mins read
The City and the City*: Space and Semiotics of Muslim Bombay**
By Sarover Zaidi Anthropologist, architecture obsessed, studied philosophy, worked in rural India ten years. [This...
Posted by
patwari
on April 03, 2016 ·
9 mins read
XQs V: A Conversation with Eric Beverley
[The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with the author of new and exciting...
Posted by
patwari
on March 07, 2016 ·
40 mins read
Statement of Solidarity from members of Cornell University in support of the JNU students' movement
We, the undersigned members of Cornell University strongly condemn the arbitrary, unconstitutional, and anti-democratic actions...
Posted by
patwari
on February 26, 2016 ·
8 mins read
In Solidarity With The Dissenting Student Community In India: A Statement From Australia
As academics, students, writers, artists and activists from Australia, we condemn the use of oppressive...
Posted by
patwari
on February 26, 2016 ·
9 mins read
Statement of Solidarity with JNU: from the community of New York University, New York
We, the signatories to this statement, stand in solidarity with the student and faculty protests...
Posted by
patwari
on February 25, 2016 ·
11 mins read
Postcards from the Archive: Goodbye 2015
I'm happy to report that 2015 went slightly better than 2014, here at CM. Well,...
Posted by
patwari
on December 30, 2015 ·
1 min read
XQs IV: A Conversation with Nausheen H Anwar
The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with the author of new and...
Posted by
patwari
on August 26, 2015 ·
26 mins read
Riyaaz - Q & A - II
Patwari: Can we turn to your new album, Ishq? There are five pieces in there,...
Posted by
patwari
on August 06, 2015 ·
16 mins read
Riyaaz - Q & A - I
[Editor's note: I (Patwari) interviewed Sonny from Riyaaz Qawwali group on Skype in May 2015....
Posted by
patwari
on August 06, 2015 ·
15 mins read
Memoirist of Fire — Eduardo Galeano, in memoriam
[This is a guest post by Keerthik Sasidharan. It was first published at Medium.] On...
Posted by
patwari
on May 03, 2015 ·
20 mins read
Postcards from the Archive: Goodbye 2014
2014 was the 10th anniversary year of CM and the year of the publication of...
Posted by
patwari
on January 01, 2015 ·
1 min read
A Qissa for a Globalised World
[Following is a guest post by Kavita Bhanot. She is a london based writer. Her...
Posted by
patwari
on August 17, 2014 ·
16 mins read
Reppin Your Hood: ZabÄn, PehchÄn, and Pakistani Rap
[Following up on his earlier essay that traces the development of contemporary rap productions in...
Posted by
patwari
on June 09, 2014 ·
19 mins read
Raags to Riches: Globalism and Vernacular in Contemporary Pakistani Rap
[Following is a guest post by Hamzah Saif. A version of this essay was published...
Posted by
patwari
on January 26, 2014 ·
18 mins read
Love Sans Gurdwaras
[Following is a guest post by Pukhraj Singh (Email: pukhraj AT gmail), the founder of...
Posted by
patwari
on January 21, 2014 ·
9 mins read
Postcards from the Archive: Goodbye 2013
2013 saw the publication of a collection of Lapata's translations of Ashk's short stories. You...
Posted by
patwari
on January 04, 2014 ·
5 mins read
OMG, Orya Maqbool Jan
[This guest post is Abdul Majeed Abid's translation of his Urdu column for Dawn. Abdul...
Posted by
patwari
on November 01, 2013 ·
12 mins read
Conversations of the Everyday Political in Paromita Vohra's Documentary Films
[This is a guest post by Ashima Duggal. She is an attorney and documentary filmmaker...
Posted by
patwari
on October 26, 2013 ·
13 mins read
Village Cosmopolitanisms: Or, I See Kabul from Lado Sarai - II
[This is the second installment of Professor Anand Vivek Taneja's two-part essay. Read the first...
Posted by
patwari
on October 04, 2013 ·
15 mins read
Village Cosmopolitanisms: Or, I See Kabul from Lado Sarai - I
[This is the first of the two installments of a guest post by Professor Anand...
Posted by
patwari
on October 03, 2013 ·
22 mins read
An American Show
[ Following is a guest post by Hannah Green. CM readers may remember her JLF...
Posted by
patwari
on August 31, 2013 ·
13 mins read
Secular Telugus, Communal Muslims: Politics of 'Razakar' Memory in Andhra Pradesh
[Following is a guest post by Dr. A. Suneetha. She is a Senior Fellow at...
Posted by
patwari
on August 23, 2013 ·
27 mins read
Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire
I reviewed a couple of new(ish) books. Following are snippets from the two reviews. Junaid...
Posted by
patwari
on July 21, 2013 ·
2 mins read
A Musafir in Iraqi Kurdistan — Part II
By Jyotsna Singh [ For Part I of my trip to Iraqi Kurdistan in 2012...
Posted by
patwari
on June 23, 2013 ·
26 mins read
“Scandalous Memoir” — Mahvish Khan's My Guantánamo Diary — III
[This is the final installment of M. Neelika Jayawardane's three-part essay on Mahvish Khan's memoir....
Posted by
patwari
on March 27, 2013 ·
13 mins read
“Scandalous Memoir” — Mahvish Khan's My Guantánamo Diary — II
[This is the second installment of M. Neelika Jayawardane's three-part essay on Mahvish Khan's memoir....
Posted by
patwari
on March 20, 2013 ·
19 mins read
“Scandalous Memoir” - Mahvish Khan's My Guantánamo Diary - I
[This is the first part of M. Neelika Jayawardane's three-part essay on Mahvish Khan's memoir....
Posted by
patwari
on March 14, 2013 ·
10 mins read
Cartoonist Zapiro Draws The Guptas
[This guest post by our friend M. Neelika Jayawardane is cross-posted from AIC. Previously by...
Posted by
patwari
on February 25, 2013 ·
8 mins read
We Are Not Talking About Ashis Nandy - JLF 2013
[Guest post by Hannah Green. Green is a writer and student learning Urdu (and Hindi)...
Posted by
patwari
on January 31, 2013 ·
26 mins read
A Musafir in Iraqi Kurdistan
[We thank Professor Jyotsna Singh for contributing her Kurdistan Diary to CM, along with photos...
Posted by
patwari
on January 26, 2013 ·
32 mins read
Postcards from the Archive: Goodbye 2012
Last year it was Sepoy's essays that were collected in a book, and this year,...
Posted by
patwari
on December 31, 2012 ·
2 mins read
Islamophobia in the US
[A shorter version of this essay appeared in Dawn.] Empires carve out and sustain their...
Posted by
patwari
on July 08, 2012 ·
12 mins read
First Terrorist: Review of Maia Ramnath's Haj to Utopia
[Editor's note: We thank Hussein Omar for contributing this essay. This review was commissioned by...
Posted by
patwari
on July 07, 2012 ·
11 mins read
Native Apologist
A snippet from my review of Irfan Husain's Fatal Faultlines: Pakistan, Islam and the West:...
Posted by
patwari
on July 03, 2012 ·
1 min read
Patriot Acts
I reviewed Alia Malek's Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice for Dawn. You can read...
Posted by
patwari
on May 27, 2012 ·
2 mins read
Archive Remix II: Empire's Ways of Knowing
[A version of this essay was published in Counterpunch.] During the run up to the...
Posted by
patwari
on May 10, 2012 ·
15 mins read
"Everyone's Got Their Indian" - II: Entanglements
[Editor's note: This is the first part of M. Neelika Jayawardane's two-part essay on South...
Posted by
patwari
on March 15, 2012 ·
13 mins read
"Everyone's Got Their Indian" - I: Separations
[editor's note: This is the first part of M. Neelika Jayawardane's two-part essay on South...
Posted by
patwari
on March 14, 2012 ·
10 mins read
The Fantastical Nature of Our Times
CM friend, Neelika Jayawardane, reviewed Lapata's The Little Book of Terror for Africa is a...
Posted by
patwari
on March 06, 2012 ·
3 mins read
Towards 1971 VI: Conclusion: Unexceptional Violence
[Part 6 of 6 -- A short version of this series was published at DAWN...
Posted by
patwari
on February 18, 2012 ·
15 mins read
Towards 1971 V: Women and the War of 1971
[Part 5 of 6: I, II, III, IV, V, VI] [...] men see the abuse...
Posted by
patwari
on February 15, 2012 ·
14 mins read
Towards 1971 IV: The Enemy Within
[Part 4 of 6: I, II, III, IV, V, VI] Marshaling colonial legacies, the post-colonial...
Posted by
patwari
on February 11, 2012 ·
14 mins read
Towards 1971 III: A Few Good Pakistani Men
[Part 3 of 6: I, II, III, IV, V, VI] I hate all armies. Yours,...
Posted by
patwari
on February 09, 2012 ·
26 mins read
Towards 1971 II: The Making of a Tragedy
[Part 2 of 6: I, II, III, IV, V, VI] Painted on a wall inside...
Posted by
patwari
on February 07, 2012 ·
15 mins read
Towards 1971 I: A Personal Journey
[Part 1 of 6: I, II, III, IV, V, VI] Forgetting is imposed as a...
Posted by
patwari
on February 06, 2012 ·
11 mins read
Postcards from the Archive: Goodbye 2011
The biggest event on CM was the publishing of “Where the Wild Frontiers Are: Pakistan...
Posted by
patwari
on December 31, 2011 ·
2 mins read
An Abandoned Man
If tear-streaked faces of broken families begged you to stop killing their sons, would you...
Posted by
patwari
on August 03, 2011 ·
28 mins read
Archive Remix I: Bike Rides
[You may know that CM has long had an official Archivist - a person who...
Posted by
patwari
on March 27, 2011 ·
3 mins read
Postcards from the Archive: Goodbye 2010
This 6th year of CM will go down in the annals of Chapatism, first and...
Posted by
patwari
on January 02, 2011 ·
2 mins read