The Caravan

The Caravan is a magazine published in English in India that focuses on in-depth storytelling about politics and culture. It was reintroduced in January 2010, claiming the title of "India’s only magazine dedicated to narrative journalism."

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The India-Pakistan conflict is sustaining the political projects of their leaders

1 week ago | caravanmagazine.in | Hartosh Singh Bal

A CEASEFIRE WAS DECLARED between India and Pakistan on 10 May. It came after a tense four days of military conflict—involving missile strikes, heavy shelling along the Line of Control and drone battles—that resulted in nearly two hundred deaths. The Narendra Modi government declared on the day of the ceasefire that any future acts of terror would be considered an “act of war” and would be dealt with accordingly.
Operation Sindoor and the delusion of deterrence

1 week ago | caravanmagazine.in | Sushant Singh

SOMETIME ON 7 MAY, Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, India’s director general of military operations, called his Pakistani counterpart, Major General Kashif Abdullah.
After Pahalgam, Modi has a chance to win over Kashmiris. Will he use it?

1 month ago | caravanmagazine.in | Sushant Singh

The horrific Pahalgam attack last week, which claimed 28 lives, mostly tourists, has left Kashmir reeling. Yet, amid the grief and anger lies an unexpected opportunity for the Modi government to address the deepening alienation of Kashmiris from India. Since 2015, New Delhi’s policies—particularly the 2019 revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s limited autonomy under Article 370—have exacerbated distrust.
Students protests at HCU to save kacha gachibowli tests the Congress

1 month ago | caravanmagazine.in | Ryan Thomas |Nandhanaa PJ

MUSHROOM ROCK HAS probably witnessed many changes to its surrounding environment in its roughly 2-billion-year history. But 30 March 2025 was perhaps the first time it bore witness to a brutal police crackdown on a student protest to save the roughly hundred and sixty hectares of forested land around it. The rock, which gets its name due to its distinctive shape, sits inside the campus of the University of Hyderabad, in Kancha Gachibowli.
The Pahalgam attack calls for sober accountability not blood-thirsty revenge

1 month ago | caravanmagazine.in | Sushant Singh

The horrific attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir—which claimed at least 28 lives and left dozens critically injured—deserves our full and unequivocal condemnation. The massacre of unarmed civilians in cold blood cannot be justified for any political cause. This tragedy demands far more than the predictable rhetoric about “bringing perpetrators to justice” or hollow invocations of national unity.
The air chief marshal’s warnings about the crisis in the IAF can no longer be ignored

2 months ago | caravanmagazine.in | Sushant Singh

It takes a lot for a military chief to go public with his grievances—especially under the Modi regime. That Air Chief Marshal AP Singh recently did so highlights the severity of the crisis in the Indian Air Force. He has warned that the IAF is struggling to maintain its operational edge, making it imperative to fast-track acquisitions and plug the equipment shortfall.
February 2024 | The Caravan

2 months ago | caravanmagazine.in | Sushant Singh

In Assam, the Sangh is slowly co-opting tribal identities into the Hindu fold
Insanity in Manipur: The Modi government’s failed approach

2 months ago | caravanmagazine.in | Sushant Singh

Doing the same thing and expecting different results—commonly attributed to Albert Einstein, this is the definition of insanity. It is a fitting description of the Narendra Modi government's approach to the Manipur crisis. Despite escalating majoritarian violence and deepening ethnic divisions, the Modi government has persisted with policies that have failed to yield peace or stability.
The bankruptcy of the Rahul Congress

Mar 1, 2025 | caravanmagazine.in | Hartosh Singh Bal

As the results of the Delhi election began to come in, two things became clear. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s dedication to organisation and detail in its campaign, well documented in a recent piece in The Caravan,had prevailed. But the Aam Aadmi Party was not a spent force. It had fought a close battle, exceeding the vote share predictions of even the more optimistic opinion polls.
How the Modi government drew political mileage out of a military failure

Mar 1, 2025 | caravanmagazine.in | Sushant Singh

{ONE} IF IT WERE A TELEVISION seriesin Narendra Modi’s India, the Indo-Pak crisis of 2019 would consist of four distinct episodes. The first would be the 14 February suicide bombing in Pulwama, which killed 40 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force. The second would be India’s retaliatory airstrike on a seminary in Balakot in Pakistan, which, the series might show, killed hundreds of Pakistani terrorists, in their stronghold.