‘I Felt Like I Found My Identity’: What the Mumbai Bagh Protests Meant to Muslim Women
For women at the Shaheen Bagh-inspired protest in Mumbai, participating in a political movement felt like finding their identity.
Farewell Shamsur Rahman Faruqi: The Sun That Set in the Earth
Faruqi (1935-2020) was simultaneously a high-quality writer, competent critic, respected poet, high-ranking short-story writer, authentic researcher, and expert of prosody and grammar.
A Secularist, Sardar Patel had United India In Spite of Travancore’s ‘Hindu God’ Excuse
On his birth anniversary, which is celebrated as National Unity Day, we must remember the ethos of equality and secularism that Sardar Patel communicated through his actions.
For Those Dividing Indians in Order to Rule Them, Adivasis are Clearly Not Farmers
While corporates are free to expand their operations across economic spheres and state boundaries, the BJP is trying to split the farmers’ movement with its dishonest labelling. Also: Farmers support for jailed activists is just – fraternity for Ambedkar was crucial for nation building.
Countering the Corporate – Hindutva Narrative on the Nation
The entire practice of the kisan agitation constitutes an emphatic rejection of the ‘nationalism’ propagated by the corporate-Hindutva alliance, and a recovery of the real nationalism that underlay the anti-colonial struggle and provided the foundation for free India.
At a Time of Acute Farmer Distress, Karnataka’s Bovine Slaughter Bill Will Make Lives Worse
The dairy industry will be crippled.
BJP Is Always Uncomfortable with Tagore – PM Modi Quoting His Poems Won’t Reverse This
Modi’s wanton quoting of Tagore strikes as too much of an attempt to woo Bengalis in election season, considering the overall unfamiliarity with Tagore and his verses, displayed by BJP leaders. Also: Students protest Amit Shah’s visit to Visva-Bharati.
Thai Democracy Activists Defy Escalating Repression
The Thai government has been escalating its attacks on democracy activists over the past weeks; but the student led movement is showing no sign of being cowed by the repression.
What Modi’s Central Vista Plan Says About His Vision of a New India
It’s the Gujarat model, scaled up: of place marketing conflated with RSS goals against the backdrop of neoliberalism and a narrative combining stigmatisation with hyperbole.
Report: Police Violence in Jamia and AMU Violates International Conventions and Indian Court Judgments on Rights of Protestors
A report by Citizens Against Hate: on the invasion of Jamia University and AMU by police a year ago, and the brutality inflicted on the students.