For Those Delegitimising Tippoo Saëb, an Important Lesson from His Emissaries’ Trip to 1788 France
Tipu was once seen as one of the few Indian statesmen who could potentially restore a healthy balance of power in Indian and European politics.
Hindutva Is Not the Same as Hinduism: Romila Thapar
In this long conversation, Romila Thapar discusses a wide range of issues − voices of dissent in Indian history, Hinduism and religious dissidence, Hinduism in history, the difference between secularism and religious tolerance, the issue of Aryan migration, and so on.
What is Science?
Scientific education for the masses will do little good, and probably a lot of harm, if it simply boils down to more physics, more chemistry, more biology, etc., to the detriment of literature and history.
We Also Made History
Originally published in Marathi in 1989, Meenakshi Moon and Urmila Pawar’s ‘We Also Made History’ details the history of women’s participation in the Dalit movement led by B.R. Ambedkar.
The Most Dangerous Thing in the World is the Death of Our Dreams: Three Poems
The Most Dangerous Thing in the World is the Death of Our Dreams; Grass; Our Blood Is in the Habit of Celebrating Life
Stand Up for Palestine – Two Articles
All You Nations Sleeping; A New Hope Emerges in Palestinian Resistance to Sheikh Jarrah Evictions: In spite of violent repression, popular support continues to grow for Palestinians facing eviction from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and has sparked a new wave of resistance in Palestine.
Chomsky: Without US Aid, Israel Wouldn’t Be Killing Palestinians En Masse
To understand the roots of the current escalation, one must examine the U.S.-backed, foundational Israeli government policy of using strategies of “terror and expulsion” in an effort to expand its territory by killing and displacing Palestinians, says Noam Chomsky.
Breaking the Thermometer
Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, the bunch of integrity-free incompetents Mr Modi has gathered around him as his ministers – all need to go. And immediately, in order for the country to launch the mammoth operation of recovery and repair needed for our survival.
‘Lest We Forget’: Why India Must Remember Its Present Horror
When the age of reason returns, the people responsible should be held to account for the biblical scale of suffering they have inflicted on a people who trusted them.
Modi’s Pandemic Response in India Is Turning a Profit From Death
What is happening in India right now is mass murder. The dead demand that mystical veils of inscrutability be ripped from history, for beneath them lie the banally obvious explanation for this carnage: capitalism.