The Modern Indian State Continues to Doggedly Cling to Draconian Colonial Powers
Sections that give the police the power to disperse a crowd with force have been abused, resulting in hundreds of deaths.
Revival or Continuing Depression in the Rural Areas? – Pt. 2
The absolute number of persons ‘employed’ in agriculture in 2019-20 rose a massive 17.3 per cent over the figure for 2018-19. But this is not a sign of prosperity but hardship.
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Urdu Is So Popular with Indians – Why do Hindutva Backers Hate it So Much: 2 Articles
From Love Songs to Kurta Ads, Urdu Is Popular with Indians. Why do Hindutva Backers Hate it So Much?; Who Says Urdu Is a Muslim Language?
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Please Study Political Science – But Not Just to Sit for UPSC Exams
Many of today’s aspiring political scientists use the course as a tool to crack the civil services code, thereby losing the loftier goals at the heart of the discipline.
With His Fabindia Boycott Call, Tejasvi Surya Is Hurting the Soul of Hinduism
Hinduism is noted for its incredible diversity and its widely admired spirit of tolerance and respect for other faiths and cultures.
My Bindi Does Not Speak My Culture – The Burden of Propriety on Indian Women
It is the blatant objectification of women in these tweets that is deeply troublesome, and not merely because women such as I don’t prefer our appearance being compared to poorly prepared Indian food items. The plea, rather, is against the sermon by men on what ‘completes’ a woman’s look.
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Collective Surrender
The concept of ‘cumulative radicalisation’ given by the British historian, Sir Ian Kershaw, to explain the horrors of Nazi Germany is a useful mechanism to explain India’s plunge towards the kind of violence and persecution that has been the hallmark of the Narendra Modi regime.
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All Communities in Kashmir Need Solidarity – the Majority as well as Minorities
The majority in India must talk about its insensitivity to the pain of those it considers ‘others’.
Under Modi, Tax Burden has Shifted from Corporates to People
In the name of spurring ‘growth’ and ‘employment’ the Modi government has decisively reduced taxes levied on big business while increasing the burden on common people through direct and indirect taxation.
Electricity Amendment Act: Government Experiments with Physics of the Impossible
Separating electricity from the wires that transmit is a crazy dream of a few market fundamentalists. The Modi government is attempting this failed policy again, and state-owned distribution companies and consumers will suffer.