Varun Nayar, Author at Pacific Standard

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Social Justice

Reframing Migration: A Conversation With Historian Sunil Amrith

The 2017 MacArthur Genius Fellowship recipient's interdisciplinary work on the Bay of Bengal teaches us that movement and migration are central forces in the making of Asian—and global—history.

Varun Nayar

Economics

What It Means to Be Working in America Today

For Labor Day, a selection of our most recent stories on the American worker.

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News in Brief

Celebrating the Fourth of July in 2017

A look at some of our stories for U.S. independence day.

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Social Justice

The Radical Generosity of Arundhati Roy

After a 20-year hiatus from fiction, the Indian writer and activist returns to challenge the limits of the contemporary Indian novel.

Varun Nayar

News in Brief

India Launches Satellite Aboard Most Powerful Rocket in Country’s History

The rocket helped propel a three-tonne GSAT-19 satellite into orbit, the country's largest to date.

Varun Nayar

News in Brief

Shooting Pigs From Texas Skies: A Photographer’s Perspective

On assignment for Pacific Standard’s March/April 2017 issue, photographer Benjamin Rasmussen traveled to Houston, Texas, to fly with…

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