Karnataka Election: Majoritarianism Loses to Strong Political Resistance
The BJP’s defeat has proved that Modi can be beaten if influential regional leaders espouse fundamental issues of people.
‘This Will Become a Movement’: Solidarity for Protesting Wrestlers Is Growing Across Social Divides
‘I hate the idea of men taking women for granted and thinking they can get away with anything. It is time we all got together and put an end to this,’ says a supporter at Jantar Mantar.
Budget 2023–24: What Is in it for the People? Part 5: Hike in Capital Expenditure
While the budget outlay is stagnant in real terms, the FM has announced a hike in capital expenditure — of a whopping 37.4%. This is the third year in succession that she has announced a big hike in capex. She claims this “enhance growth potential and job creation”. Will it?
Despite the NCERT’s Shocking Move, Gandhi Lives on
The decision to drop the Gandhi assassination from the NCERT’s history textbook just cannot extinguish the Mahatma’s memory.
Reflections on the Death of a Philosopher Colleague: A Tribute in Exclamation Marks
The message flashed on my phone informing death of a Delhi University, Philosophy Assistant Professor, Samarveer Singh ‘by suicide’ in his rented accommodation near the University! They say if a country is to be sent downhill, destroy its academics …
My Kerala Story: Finding Liberation in Malabar
The city of Calicut, or Kozhikode, has been a bastion of Hindu-Muslim unity for centuries where a syncretic Malayali identity trumps religious divisions.
Brazil: Why Is the MST So Frightening?
Born in 1984 and about to turn 40 in 2024, the MST has known, since its inception, that government is like beans, it only works in a pressure cooker.
Macron vs the French Workers – Who Is Winning?
The movement against attacks on pension is showing great resilience, but needs to move towards general strikes in order to win.
The Monroe Doctrine: Two Hundred Years Too Long
In December 2023, the infamous Monroe Doctrine will be 200 years old. For some people, the name refers simply to a long and complex foreign policy document with constitutional status, but it is far more than that.
Rachel Carson on Science and Our Spiritual Bond with Nature
“Our origins are of the earth. And so there is in us a deeply seated response to the natural universe, which is part of our humanity,” writes Carson.