August 2023 – Spark *

Remembering the Glorious Telangana Peasant’s Revolt : Part II

SushantAugust 21, 2023June 27, 2024

When the Communist Party(CPI) was working together with Congress to overthrow the feudal rule of Nizam,Congress leaders were secretly making alliances with landlords. In 1946, when Sangham started seizing and...

EDITORIAL Education

A Critique of the Karnataka State Education Budget

EditorialAugust 1, 2023May 23, 2024

Spark* recognises the state government’s attempts to bring changes in the current education system that is in shambles, but at the same time, also raises the importance of addressing the...

Fascism

Neoconservatism and Social Media

Swastik RoyAugust 1, 2023May 23, 2024

In postmodern cosmopolitan societies one of the most significant questions as far as human behaviour is concerned is; what it means to be “woke”. Woke-ism, much like its predecessors, is...

History

Awaited Independence

SharathAugust 1, 2023May 23, 2024

Let us declare that the state of war does exist and shall exist so long as the Indian toiling masses and the natural resources are being exploited by a handful...

History Nationalities

Role of the Big Bourgeoisie in the Partition of the Indian Subcontinent

SoumenAugust 1, 2023May 22, 2024

The partition of the Indian subcontinent was one such event that still influences the geopolitics of the region. Be it the abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir or be it...

Freedom of expression Student movements

Academic Freedom in Scientific Institutes

Suvrat RajuAugust 1, 2023May 22, 2024

Last week, more than 500 scientists and academics wrote to the Indian institute of Science (IISc) criticizing its administration for prohibiting a discussion on the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. In...

Cover Freedom of expression

Dissent and Democracy in Bengaluru

Vinay SreenivasaAugust 1, 2023May 22, 2024

Koramangala is one of the trendiest areas of Bengaluru. The road from Nexus mall to the National Games village is an important road in the area. It has several posh...

Education Student movements

How Many Deaths Make Too Many? The Institutional Harassment of Aditya Prabhu

Suryashekhar BiswasAugust 1, 2023May 23, 2024

Aditya Prabhu, a nineteen year old, took his life after being leveled with charges of cheating in an examination, by the management of PES University (Bengaluru). Much of the corporate...

Hindutva

Democracy at Grassroot: A Bloody Upshot in the Rurals of West Bengal

DebjaniAugust 1, 2023May 23, 2024

Panchayat Elections in West Bengal have always been an event of tremendous anticipation and an apparent reflection of a change in the political litmus of Bengal. The first clear indication...

Fascism Hindutva

Bulldozer Raj Spreads Its Fangs; The Many Fangs of Bulldozers

Akash Bhattacharya (CPI-ML Liberation)August 1, 2023May 23, 2024

On 4 July 2023, a footage of Pravesh Shukla, a leader of the Bhartiya Janata Party, (BJP) urinating on Dashmat Rawat, an Adivasi man, in the Sidhi district of Madhya...