Neo-liberalism and Nationhood
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Neo-liberalism and Nationhood

There are crucial differences between the anti-colonial nationalism of the third world countries and European bourgeois nationalism. That is why the third world countries adopted a dirigeste capitalist development strategy, that insulated peasant agriculture from domestic and foreign capitalists. Neoliberalism is undermining this.

UGC Framework – a Communalised Caricature of Indian History
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UGC Framework – a Communalised Caricature of Indian History

The University Grants Commission’s draft history syllabus has dropped books by well-known historians, such as DD Kosambi, R S Sharma, DN Jha and Irfan Habib. The objective seems to be to glorify mythology rather than history, as also deny any Dravidian links to Harappan culture.

Remembrance Must be an Act Affirming Man’s Humanity, Three Haunting Partition Classics Tell Us
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Remembrance Must be an Act Affirming Man’s Humanity, Three Haunting Partition Classics Tell Us

Though unlike one another in tone and texture, ‘Adaab’, ‘Toba Tek Singh’ and ‘Garm Hawa’ have the same point of departure: that religion as the primary marker of identity is as irrational as it is abhorrent.

Democracy, Distance, Difference, and Disrespect
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Democracy, Distance, Difference, and Disrespect

Democracy is the only form of governance that cultivates the arts and crafts of governance at a respectful distance and always aims at the achievement of what the philosopher John Rawls called “overlapping consensus” for “reasonable pluralism”.

India’s New IT Rules Paving Way for Legitimised Surveillance
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India’s New IT Rules Paving Way for Legitimised Surveillance

As the Indian government is confronted with a global snooping scandal with over 300 journalists, politicians and bureaucrats on the list of those surveilled by the state, the Modi government had intensified its bid to rampage through the country’s latest Internet Technology laws.