The Day After – A Few Questions for Indian Muslims to Ponder Over
How do you oppose a Hindu Rashtra here, whilst welcoming Islamic states abroad, where Muslims are in a majority?
How Cuba Survived
For decades, commentators predicted that Cuba’s socialist model couldn’t survive without the USSR or Fidel Castro. They were wrong – and even in the face of continued sanctions, its unique system endures.
August 12-22, 1945: Washington Starts the Korean and Vietnam Wars
On 14 August, 1945, I was a little kid celebrating the end of World War II. Little did we know that our government was building the highway into two calamitous wars and a future of unending war.
Bhagat Singh for Today
At a time when the entire country is plagued with the Hindutva brand of communalism in its worst-ever ferocity and perfidy, Bhagat Singh’s words are of particular relevance for our nation and polity.
Decoding the Agenda of the New National Education Policy
It reveals that neoliberal capital is riding piggyback on the Hindu Rashtra forces in order to loot India’s human resources.
Mahasweta Devi, Champion of the Underdog Who Took on the Left Front in Bengal
Despite her popularity and her solidarity with the oppressed, the Left and the avant garde writers of West Bengal never really liked the celebrated author.
Covid-19: Fears of Mass Hunger, Increasing Child Deaths and Children Dropping Out of School Worldwide – Three Articles
The COVID-19 pandemic is devastating the world; but the human cost from the economic fallout could be worse than the virus itself.
National Education Policy: India’s Great Leap Backward
In the name of flexibility, inclusion, reduction of burden on students, and such like, what is being attempted is the very opposite: exclusion and reconciliation to the state of being excluded.
No End to Humiliation of Dalits
Seventy years after becoming a republic and abolishing discrimination based on caste, gender, race and so on, there is very little change on the ground.
Making Indian Cities Habitable: The Legacy of Patrick Geddes
The social & environmental problems of a rapidly urbanising India were anticipated a century ago by the Scottish town planner Patrick Geddes.