Vizhinjam was a Mistake Waiting to Happen
The sinking of MSC ELSA 3 and its impact on Kerala’s coast isn’t a freak accident—it’s the fallout of building a port on a fragile coastline.
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The Fading Role of Universities as Conscience of Society – 2 Articles
With higher education centres turning into carriers of political propaganda, there is little room for academic freedom or informed public discourse.
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The Arrest and Bail of Ali Khan Mahmudabad – 2 Articles
‘Ali Khan Mahmudabad has Fulfilled the Task of a Political Scientist’: Ali has been penalised because our society has been taught to distrust intellectuals. It should realise that intellectuals are the lifeblood of our society because they advocate the thinking human being. Also: ‘For Mahmudabad’s Bail Observations, We Cannot Blame Just the Supreme Court’.
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Pahalgam and After – The Singular Burden of Apology
Kashmiris and Muslims were the target of collective retribution in the midst of an outpouring of love, humanity and resistance following the terror attack.
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An Open Letter: ‘I Have Small Eyes, Mr Prime Minister’
It doesn’t behove the stature of an Indian prime minister to deploy such racist language about any community, whether Indian or not. Why you could consider a course correction.
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Commemorating the 168th Anniversary of 1857 War of Independence
Large sections of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs unitedly challenged the greatest imperialist power, Britain, during India’s First War of Independence which began on May 10, 1857.
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Trumpism – Destroying America: 6 Articles
‘Trump’s Unprecedented Program of National Self-Destruction’; ‘Science Decommissioned!’; ‘Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and More’; ‘Disappearing the America We Once Knew’; ‘Trump’s Budget Bill a Disaster for Black Workers’; ‘A Death Sentence for Thousands and Thousands of People’.
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The US as Tax Haven
A look at how the US tax system actually works in terms of allowing people and companies to pay different rates of tax.
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Online Blog | Russia | Ukraine
The Odessa Moment
The author is a former Marine Corps intelligence officer and an expert on international security, military affairs and Russia. He writes that the Russian military operation is gradually reaching what he calls the ‘Odessa Moment’.
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On the Roots of Neo-Fascism in East Germany – 2 Articles
‘The Roots of Neo-Fascism in East Germany’: The fall of the Berlin Wall enabled neo-fascist activity to spill over into East Germany, laying the groundwork for the strengthening of right-wing forces today. Also: ‘You Can’t Keep Imposing Austerity and Expect the Corporate Party to Last Forever’.
