Reclaiming a Socialist Vision

Reclaiming a Socialist Vision

As the capitalist crisis deepens and movements against capitalist globalisation build up across the world, many people are now talking about capitalism and describing themselves as anticapitalist. Great! But what do they mean? That capital’s international institutions are bad because they usurp the right of citizens to make democratic decisions? That financial speculation detracts from…

Challenges for India’s Future

Challenges for India’s Future

There are four major challenges in front of the country right now: 1. Agricultural. During the last two decades, more than three lakh farmers have committed suicide. Why? Everyone knows that agriculture and industry are the backbones of any society’s development. Independent India has given great importance to both, but during the last two decades,…

Kashmir: The Worst Conflict Area In The World
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Kashmir: The Worst Conflict Area In The World

It won’t be an exaggeration to say Kashmir is the worst conflict area in the world. Look anywhere else in the world where there are conflicts, there is no communication crack down. From Gaza to West Papua, from Hong Kong to the Yellow Vests in France … the world knows what’s happening there. However in…

India Is Creating Its Own West Bank in Kashmir
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India Is Creating Its Own West Bank in Kashmir

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in India often claims that its actions are unprecedented—that no government in India’s history has been bold enough to do what it does. Most of the time this is, to put it mildly, an exaggeration. But on Monday, they certainly went far beyond what any previous Indian government has done…

Big Data’s Threat to Elections and Democracy

Big Data’s Threat to Elections and Democracy

The cost of the 2016 US elections was $6.5 billion if we combine the presidential and congressional elections. The Indian Parliamentary election of 2019 outspent the 2016 US 2016 election, costing about $8.6 billion. Where does all this money go, whether in India or the US? And why is the cost of elections—the motor of…

Touch

Touch

[Recently, the Undergraduate Curriculum Revision Committee of Delhi University asked the English Department of the University to remove poet Meena Kandasamy from the syllabus. The English Department has refused to accept this. We are publishing a poem by her below.] Have you ever tried meditation? Struggling hard to concentrate, and keeping your mind as blank…