The Upcoming Books
We will have to save all those books which presented genocide as crime, blood as struggle, spears as murderers, and forests as colonies. The contents of the upcoming books will...
On Claudia Goldin
In October 2023, the Royal Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for 2023 to Claudia Goldin, for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes. She...
MANDAL vs MANDIR?
A Response to Bihar's 2023 caste census Caste based enumeration of the population continued till 1931 after its introduction by the British in the late 19th century. It was completely...
Myth and History: A Cultural Clash at Mysore
Mysore has the distinction of being historically called ‘The Cultural Capital’ of Karnataka. Not without reason it has been considered a hub of cultural and literary streams over the years....
Why is Darwin’s Theory of Evolution an Anathema to the Religionists?- Part II
[In part I the writer pointed out that Darwin has been targeted by religionists irrespective of their background. A critical analysis of the Lamarckian concept of evolution was given as...
Vishwakarma Yojana: Reinforcing the Varna System
It was in June 1953 that the then Congress Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. Rajaji (C Rajagopalachari) announced a system of schooling under ‘Modified Scheme of Elementary Education’ that...
The Chinese Revolution: Ushering of a New Dawn
1st October, 1949 marked the culmination of the aspirations of the oppressed, colonised people striving to break free of the clutches of imperialism, through the proclamation of the People’s Republic...
The November Revolution: Weeks Where Decades Happened
‘October* Socialist revolution started a new era not only in the history of Russia but in the history of the world.’ - Mao Zedong On 7th November 1917, the workers...
The Zionist Project and the Liberation of Palestine
“Either revolution will prevent war, or war will lead to revolution” - Mao Zedong On 7th October, 2023, thousands of rockets were launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip against Israel....
Uncovering Deep-Rooted Caste Discrimination: The Tragic Tale of Kavadigara Hatti
In the heart of Chitradurga, a small village named Kavadigara Hatti found itself grappling with a crisis that would reveal the grim reality of caste discrimination deeply embedded in society....