Money, Childhood, Toys, and Happiness
Perhaps many of us have played ghar-ghar (in this game we pretend to be old and act like running a household by playing different roles) in our childhood. I played...
Mental Health Problems in Indian Institutes
Poster demonstration against institutional apathy towards mental health issues at IISc
Beyond The Headlines: Unraveling the Communal Violence in Nuh and Gurugram
With the upcoming 2024 general elections approaching, we see several tactics being employed by the ruling party to remain in power. The Sangh Parivar using mob violence in order to...
George Reddy: A Trailblazing Revolutionary of His Time
April 15th, 1972. It was early morning. The sun peeped through the clouds while birds started their morning exchanges with everything in sight. As the city was asleep, the streets...
Periyar : A Crusader Against Social Inequality and Injustice
There is no god, there is no god, there is no god at all. He who invented god is a fool. He who propagates god is a scoundrel. He who...
State Education Policy: Old Wine in New Bottle?
Reject NEP in both form and content!Resist privatisation and corporatisation of education!Demand universal and equitable education! Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah recently announced the scrapping of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020...
Remembering the Glorious Telangana Peasant’s Revolt : Part II
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...
A Critique of the Karnataka State Education Budget
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...
Neoconservatism and Social Media
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...
Awaited Independence
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...