The Great Teal Tsunami: Arise Australia’s Independents
Rarely in Australian history has a governing party suffered such loss. It was part of a “teal” electoral tsunami, with several non-career parliamentarians entering parliament.
‘Our Bones Buried Under the Constitutional Court’
Meet some of the people of South Africa who have held the steps of the apex court of the country for more than three weeks, sleeping out in the cold to demand reparations for apartheid crimes.
Conceptualising Brahmanical Patriarchy in Early India
This article explores the relationship between caste and gender, focusing on what is possibly the central factor for the subordination of the upper caste woman: the need for effective sexual control over such women to maintain not only patrilineal succession but also caste purity.
The Personal Is Still Political, And It’s Planetary, Too
As we await with horror a possible Supreme Court-ordered end to the Roe v. Wade era, Rebecca Gordon reposted this piece in which, almost half a century later, she movingly comes to grips with her own abortion experience.
The Kala Pani Migration: An Indian Story That’s Hardly Discussed in India
When used in the diaspora, ‘Kala Pani’ refers to the large-scale migration out of India in the 1830s when hundreds of thousands of Indians left the subcontinent to work in the sugar colonies as indentured labourers, or ‘bound coolies’.
As the Planet Warms, Let’s Be Clear: We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations.
The Condition of the Industrial Working Class in the 75th Year of Independence
The silence of the government in responding to the demands of the working class is deafening.
Dalit Includes All Who Oppose Inequality, Regardless of Caste: Activist Martin Macwan
The well-known activist explains how he came to the conclusion that a Dalit must get defined not by caste but action and belief.
Elections Won or Lost, BJP Is Succeeding in Realising its Hindutva Dreams
The battle for a ‘Hindu rashtra’ has to be won in the minds of the people before it can be legitimised in Parliament. This requires a three pronged strategy: enlist support for the cause; discourage any opposition; and create on-ground conditions for a majoritarian state.
The Curious Case of Urdu
An onslaught on a community often takes the form of intense loathing of the language it communicates in. Urdu is an example of that.