The ‘Old-Yet-New’: Past and Present Intermingle at the Hugo Chávez and Alí Primera Communes
The Alí Primera and Hugo Chávez communards of Venezuela tell the story of their struggle for land and its deep historical roots.
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Caste | Culture | Online Blog
Rahul Sankrityayan’s Tibet Story
An excerpt from the book ‘Mystics and Sceptics : In Search of Himalayan Masters’, edited by Namita Gokhale.
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Africa | Online Blog | Science
Our Homo Sapiens Ancestors Shared the World with Neanderthals, Denisovans and Other Types of Humans Whose DNA Lives on in Our Genes
When the first modern humans arose in East Africa sometime between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago, we – meaning people of our species, Homo sapiens – were only one of several types of humans (or hominins) that simultaneously existed on Earth.
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Heroism and Compassion Amid the Horrors of Partition
On the acts of courage, which symbolised the syncretic heritage of the subcontinent, amid the communal savagery that marked the Partition of India.
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‘Bofors Pales Into Insignificance’: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Ravi Nair
Interview with journalists Ravi Nair and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta on the much talked about Rafale deal, the many unanswered questions related to it, the scrapping of a previous deal, and the unilateral decision of the Prime Minister in this matter. Excerpts from their interview to Frontline.
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On 40 Years of the Nellie Massacre in Assam
It’s been 40 years since over 2,000 Muslims were slaughtered in Assam’s Nellie town. The ghosts of Nellie continue to haunt India even today every time we overlook an incident of hate speech or let perpetrators of violence to go scot-free.
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In Defence of an ‘Old’ Man
In 2002, there must have been ministers that thought K. Subrahmanyam – who was well over 70 at the time – had been ‘vicious’ in calling a democratically chosen leader an ‘asura’. Mercifully, none of them attacked him for being old.
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Making Aadhaar-Based Payments Compulsory for NREGA Wages Is a Recipe for Disaster
A recent order of the Ministry of Rural Development has created a situation where a majority of NREGA workers cannot be paid. Also: NREGA Sangharsh Morcha’s open letter to the Ministry of Rural Development, refuting the ministry’s recent claims on the status of the MGNREGA Scheme.
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Caste | Indian Politics | Print Edition | USA
Seattle Bans Caste-Based Discrimination
Seattle made history Tuesday as the first city in the U.S. to expressly ban caste-based discrimination after an outpouring of input from South Asian Americans.
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Guantanamo: Who Are the Real Monsters?
For anyone in their mid-20’s or younger, Guantanamo must seem like a normal part of the American landscape, rather than the grotesque constitutional aberration that it is.
