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 air chief marshal’s warnings about the crisis in the IAF can no longer be ignored

3 weeks 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

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month ago | 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

1 month ago | 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.
Punjab's farmers struggle with the Green Revolution's toxic legacy

1 month ago | caravanmagazine.in | Harsha Vadlamani

This February marked a year since Punjab’s farmers began occupying the highways at Khanauri and Shambhu, along the state’s borders with Haryana. Hundreds of them had set off on their tractors to Delhi, hoping for a repeat of the protests in 2020–21, against the three controversial farm laws. The farmers were stopped before they could enter Haryana and have camped at the border ever since. Among their key demands is a legal assurance for a minimum support price, or MSP, for all farm produce.
US Deportation Flights: Modi fails to stand up for the dignity of citizens or safeguard India’s sovereignty

2 months ago | caravanmagazine.in | Sushant Singh

Describing the behaviour of Indian journalists, editors and media-owners during India’s declared Emergency, from 1975 to 1977, veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani remembered their craven approach by saying, “You were asked only to bend, but you crawled.” Advani’s protégé, Narendra Modi, in his eleventh year as India’s prime minister, has demonstrated the same attitude towards newly re-elected United States President Donald Trump.
Undoing nationalisms in Fahmida Riaz’s exile writings

2 months ago | caravanmagazine.in | Poorna Swami

TODAY, it might be called sedition. Back in 1983, though, it was mostly your typical gathering of Bombay’s Marxist literati. Sitting at the centre of a white dias on Prithvi Theatre’s stage, the illustrious Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai was telling stories of her travels as the audience erupted in anarchic laughter every few moments. But as joyous as the occasion was, its intentions were serious.
What we cannot ignore about Manmohan Singh

2 months ago | caravanmagazine.in | Hartosh Singh Bal

The death of Manmohan Singh in December 2024 prompted a reassessment of a man who had faced heavy criticism from his political opponents towards the end of his second term as prime minister. Much of this can be put down to the usual tendency people have of not wanting to speak ill of the dead, but some of it also seems genuine and heartfelt.
Ghana's cacao plantations in crisis

Jan 1, 2025 | caravanmagazine.in | Francis Kokoroko

At a cocoa farm in the town of Samreboi, in western Ghana, a car sits abandoned, weeds growing in its dusty interiors. The farm itself has been destroyed by illegal gold-mining—a fate it shares with many cocoa plantations across Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, two West African countries that accounted for over sixty percent of the global supply of cacao beans till 2022.