The Caravan

The Caravan is India’s first and foremost magazine dedicated to long-form narrative journalism with a focus on politics, culture, society, business, and the arts. Originally launched in 1940 and revived in 2010 by Delhi Press, it aims to provide immersive reportage, path-breaking investigations, daring commentary, and insightful literary criticism. The magazine is renowned for its independent and intellectually rigorous journalism, featuring stories that mainstream media often overlook. It reaches an influential and diverse readership, offering in-depth analysis and nuanced perspectives on Indian and South Asian life.

THE INTERVIEW • Karen Hao: “The only way to develop decolonial AI systems is to be local” How the imperial myth of AI’s inevitability fuels resource extraction /Technology

PERSPECTIVES • Pakistan’s current global prestige cannot mask its domestic decay /Politics

DYING ON THESE HILLS • The senseless cycle of Naga-Kuki violence in Manipur

FROM ARIYALUR TO JANTAR MANTAR • Fixing NEET fixes nothing, abolishing it does

VANISHING WORLD • A personal archive of longing across lost cities

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