Let Me Make an Admission: I’m Privileged, Therefore I Am
The benefits that accrue from the accident of my birth in an upper caste household are emotional, psychological, social, and economic.
Was India the Mother of Democracy?
There are claims that the roots of democratic institutions can be found in ancient India. Studies have shown that such institutions existed not only in India but also in other parts of the world. No one society can claim it was the ‘mother’.
China Steps Up, a New Era has Dawned in World Politics
The agreement announced on Friday in Beijing regarding the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran is a historic event. China’s mediation signifies that we are witnessing a profound shift of the tectonic plates in the geopolitics of the 21st century.
The Betrayers of Assange
This is not about the survival of a free press. There is no longer a free press. The paramount issue is justice and our most precious human right: to be free.
How to Grow Old
The great British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970) contemplated the question of what could be the measure of a life well lived in this wonderful short essay penned in his eighty-first year.
International Women’s Day Has a Radical History Rooted in Socialism
International Women’s Day has a very long progressive history that’s often not well known.
A New Dawn? Can India Reverse Its Staggering Inequality?
How long will India’s working people live with a policy regime that concentrates unimaginable levels of wealth in a few hands and leaves millions of people struggling for food, healthcare, decent schooling, work, and pensions when they age?
The Unifying Project of Constitutional Nationalism, or What Does it Mean to Really Belong?
All of India’s diversities exist because of multilingualism and multiculturalism, and arguably, what binds all of us is “Indianness”, which is the outcome of our allegiance to the Indian Constitution.
Inside India’s Largest Detention Centre: ‘It Is Better to Die Than Live With No Hope’
The Matia transit camp in Lower Assam currently holds 69 ‘foreigners’, along with 300 people arrested as part of the state’s crackdown on child marriage.
Muslim Women’s Identity Amidst Religion and the State
Why does the State always have a protectionist stance toward Muslim women? The Muslim woman has always been a pawn in the hands of the community and now the State.