Weaponising History: The Hindutva Communal Project
Those who want a Hindu rashtra as a mirror image of Muslim Pakistan are now imitating how history is taught in Pakistan.
Muslims Can Live, But They Shouldn’t Look Muslim or Congregate
The message behind the Noida protest by local residents is clear: Muslims are welcome to live in isolation in colonies numerically dominated by Hindus, provided they do not ‘look’ Muslim and do not publicly form a collective.
Budget 2023–24: What Is in it for the People? Part 2: The Economic Situation in 2022–23
In this second part of this year’s budget analysis, we take a look at the economic situation in the country, in the background of which the FM presented her budget.
Why I Took My Teen Daughters to Lahore’s Aurat March This Year
Lahore teacher and writer Sara Arshad had never attended the Aurat March in Pakistan nor allowed her two daughters to do so, fearing the intense backlash that the feminist protest receives every year. But this Women’s Day, she took the leap of faith with her teens in tow.
Dharma: Hinduism and Religions in India (An Excerpt)
An excerpt from ‘Dharma: Hinduism and Religions in India’ by Chaturvedi Badrinath. He writes: It is a fact of profound significance that the only identity ancient Indian thinkers gave to themselves was in terms of dharma — which they conceived to be the identity of man anywhere.
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Twelve Years Ago NATO Bombed Libya to “Protect Civilians”, Leaving Tens of Thousands Dead and a Country in Ruins
Gaddafi’s projects would have liberated the continent from the dominance of Western centres of power and monopoly, transforming global economic structures and inspiring other regions in the Global South to “unite, organize and fight”. And so NATO intervened, to overthrow Gaddafi.
Brazil: Life Inside an MST Landless Workers’ Settlement
For nearly 40 years, Brazil’s MST has been fighting the concentration of landownership among the country’s elite through the direct occupation of fallow lands. A report from MST land in the state of Paraná, where landless workers have built their own homes, schools, farms, and cooperatives.
How to Grow Old
The great British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970) contemplated the question of what could be the measure of a life well lived in this wonderful short essay penned in his eighty-first year.
A New Dawn? Can India Reverse Its Staggering Inequality?
How long will India’s working people live with a policy regime that concentrates unimaginable levels of wealth in a few hands and leaves millions of people struggling for food, healthcare, decent schooling, work, and pensions when they age?
Muslim Women’s Identity Amidst Religion and the State
Why does the State always have a protectionist stance toward Muslim women? The Muslim woman has always been a pawn in the hands of the community and now the State.