On 75 Years of the Nakba and the New Israeli Protest Movement
Renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe talks about 75 years of the Nakba, the new Israeli protest movement, its prospects for Palestine.
Progressive Artists’ Group @75: Rebels with a Cause
The Progressive Artists’ Group (PAG), founded in 1947, belonged to a moment of transition and optimism. Last year, it celebrated its 75th anniversary along with the country. A look back at the PAG’s claims and achievements.
An Elegy for Gandhi’s Un-Gandhian India
Book Review. When you retrace Gandhi’s steps to Dandi you get to understand what ‘vikas’ means and what it does not mean for Gujarat and for all of India today. A most unusual book about a most unusual journey.
Hindutva Development Model vs Dravidian Rights-Based Welfare: Looking Beyond the ‘Freebies’ Debate
Hindutva has reduced citizens to passive political subjects where people devote themselves to the leader’s ascribed duties towards the nation’s development.
Amrit Udyan Controversy: BJP’s Renaming Sprees Will Leave India with Crippling Amnesia
Changing the name of Mughal Gardens reflects the unwarranted inferiority complex of the present-day moguls and their parochial chauvinism.
Amartya Sen’s Work Shows Us the Human Cost of Capitalist Development
His work is two-sided (or contradictory). Sen punches big holes in mainstream explanations for manifestations of poverty and deprivation that are caused, often directly, by capitalist development. And at the same time, Sen sets out a vision of development that promotes the expansion of capitalist markets.
Defiance
A poem, by the national poet of Palestine.
The Masterly Use of Universalism: Revisiting Satyajit Ray’s Cinema in 2023
His films are about the human condition and the ‘dailiness’ or undramatic aspects of life with no simple winners or losers.
We Want No Caesars
In 1937, Jawaharlal Nehru was elected president of the Congress for the third time. Cognisant and cautious of the dangers of his own pride and position, he wrote this essay, in which he stressed the importance of questioning the motives of leaders, and checking the power they hold.
‘Ad-hoc’ Teachers at Delhi University: From the Frying Pan into the Fire
After serving for years as ‘ad-hoc’ teachers working under adverse conditions, many such Delhi University faculty members are now finding themselves shunted out of their jobs.