What are the Real Reasons Behind the New Cold War?
The US is launching a New Cold War against Russia and China in an attempt to deflect our attention from the escalating crisis of global capitalism.
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Mother’s Day Tears
In the midst of the pandemic, with the latest Mother’s Day just past, perhaps it’s an auspicious moment to celebrate not just mothers, but women more generally. After all, during the pandemic, women have found themselves on the front lines in so many ways …
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Blasphemy Wars
The recent protests in Pakistan, led by groups with reactionary Islamist ideologies, supported by the US and its client states, have become Frankenstein’s monsters. Yet, alongside them, a progressive coalition is beginning to re-emerge.
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Venezuela’s Popular Democracy Under Siege: A Conversation with Elías Jaua
In Venezuelan society, there are millions of seeds that haven’t germinated yet. But rest assured: they will. The role of the revolutionaries is to open the furrows so that those seeds can sprout and the plants bloom making for a new harvest, in a time that is to come sooner rather than later.
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Commemorating 164th anniversary of India’s First War of Independence 1857
Almost 170 years ago, the people of this country, belonging to all religions, regions and strata, rose in revolt from Kashmir to Madras and Sylhet to the borders of Afghanistan, against British colonial rule. Our rulers have allowed this glorious saga of commitment and sacrifices to be forgotten.
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Malerkotla, Punjab’s Newest District, Has No Room for Religious Bigotry
The Muslim-majority town which has just been declared a district has rejected Yogi Adityanath’s comment that its elevation was an example of religious politics.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
