Chembaka Raman Pillai: Forerunner of Rash Behari Bose and Subhas Chandra Bose
Unsung hero of freedom struggle who was brave enough to defy Hitler in his own land.
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Remembering Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi on His 90th Death Anniversary
March 25 is the 90th death anniversary of this great freedom fighter, editor, worker and peasant leader, also deeply committed social reformer who sacrificed his life at the age of 40 while trying to stop communal violence and rescue persons from both communities trapped in it.
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Mahmoud Darwish: From Galilee to the world
On what would have been his 80th birthday, a reflection on the late Palestinian poet’s extraordinarily abundant, deeply humane and brilliantly kaleidoscopic work.
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An Invitation to Conscience
Conscience is the inner voice that sustains your humanity. The author wonders how the Indian legal system treats the Narmada Dam and atomic energy as examples of sustainability. Ethics in Law Schools is treated like a hobby. We need to revitalise the subject, he argues.
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Socialist Origins of International Women’s Day – Two Articles
From the beginning, International Women’s Day has been an occasion to celebrate working women and fight capitalism; also an article by Kollantai on IWD written in 1920.
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Women from Latin America to Europe to Palestine, Celebrate International Women’s Day – Three Articles
From Argentina to Mexico, and from Poland to Germany, millions of women took to the streets to proclaim that they refuse to continue being marginalized, discriminated against, and murdered. From Palestine, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network sends greetings to women in struggle everywhere.
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Remembering Savitribai Phule
She was a pioneering teacher, feminist and anti-caste discrimination activist. She carried forward the activities of Satya Shodkhak Samaj after Jyotiba’s death.
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On Women’s Day, Poems by Nabaneeta Dev Sen
Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938 – 2019) is one of the most beloved, versatile and prolific Bengali writers of all time. The poems have been translated by her daughter, Nandana Dev Sen.
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Reading the Thoughts of the First Generation of Independent India’s Women Political Leaders
The Constituent Assembly of India had 15 women members, each of whom brought unique perspectives to the debates over the Constitution.
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Ambedkar in Dalit Women’s Literature and Lives
It is the impact of Ambedkar’s movement on the minds of Dalit women that those who were once enslaved by patriarchal-castiest brahminism started to demolish its narrative-body by writing their liberation in their own words.
