The Political Economy of Intellectual Property
The dramatic expansion of intellectual property rights represents a new stage in commodification that threatens to make virtually everything bad about capitalism even worse.
Of the Rich, By the Rich, For the Rich
Very few Americans seem to be aware of the context in which the US Declaration of Independence was written and of the men who wrote it and, more importantly, why it was written.
Evo Morales Was the Americas’ Greatest President
On the day of Bolivia’s presidential election, we look at the legacy of Evo Morales — who won power in South America’s poorest country, tripled its GDP, and lifted millions out of extreme poverty.
SC’s Shaheen Bagh Order: Fundamental Rights for Commuters, No Country for Protesters
The SC judgment on designated protest spaces is not only un-implementable, but also profoundly elitist and anti-women.
In Funding Hatred, India’s Corporates Have Compromised With Evil
Public pressure and the boycott should extend also to those members of India Inc. who continue to support these channels with advertisements.
It’s All Work and No Pay for Most Women in India
The NSSO’s time use survey reveals striking facts about how men and women in India spend their time very differently, with women hugely burdened by unpaid work.
Caste | Fascism | Online Blog
Caste, Merit and Liberalisation – Two Articles
Seeing merit as a ‘neutral’ ideology justifies exclusion and discrimination; mass examinations like the JEE reinforce the perception of merit as a measure of individual and relative ability divorced from social structural factors.
Why Is it Important to Preserve and Protect our Freedom of Speech, Expression and Right to Protest
Justice Lokur addresses a gradual erosion of one of our most precious fundamental rights – the inalienable right to freedom of speech and expression, an erosion that is leading to the gradual destruction of our human right to dissent and protest.
Book Review: Unpacking Religious Nationalism
Book Review: Ram Puniyani, ‘Religious Nationalism – Social Perceptions and Violence: Sectarianism on Political Chessboard’, 2020.
S.P. Balasubrahmanyam: Beyond the Self
In SPB’s voice, we found every social, cultural and aesthetic possibility. This allowed every individual, irrespective of their socio-political location, to find himself/herself within his voice at one time or another.