Skewed: A Personal View (Review)
On 12th May 2023, my son Swapnil (eleven years old) and I went to Ranga Shankara to watch a play named "Skewed", a production of Bangalore- based group Fourth Wall...
Unbridled Profiteering in Private Colleges: The Legal Battle
“Education is what makes a person fearless, teaches him the lesson of unity, makes him aware of his rights and inspires him to struggle for his rights.” - Dr B.R....
Climate change and Imperialism- Part 1
The ever increasing pollution and exploitation of the environment that we have been witnessing in the era of imperialism is fast approaching a point where humans as a species may...
Draconian Laws in India: A Legacy Of Repression
The origin of draconian laws can be traced back to the 7th Century BCE, when an Athenian statesman named Draco brought about stringent laws as a punitive measure for minor...
Remembering the Glorious Telangana Peasant’s Revolt : Part I
The Telangana Peasant Struggle (1946- 1951) led by the erstwhile Communist Party of India (CPI) was one of the most radical struggles in the history of modern India. Telangana was...
Why Is Darwin’s Theory of Evolution an Anathema to the Religionists?
|| 1 || Adieu Darwin! The job is done at last. In both Bangladesh and India. This is something where we stand now in the same row as Saudi Arabia,...
South Asian University at Crossroads: Demise of an Intellectual Space
In an outrageous and unprecedented move, recently, South Asian University, suspended four professors on arbitrary charges of ‘inciting and leading students...against the interests of the University’, and ‘anti-social acts’, among...
After-effects of NEP 2020 in Uttar Pradesh: Loan Model of Education and Massive Fee Hikes
Recently, many government educational institutions in Uttar Pradesh were in the news over students’ protests against massive fee hikes. These hikes are not an isolated concern arising in a handful...
“The essence of Naxalbari was the assertion of the subaltern class, and the ultimate call to grab the state power.”
The following is an excerpt from an interview of Com. Abhijit Mazumdar, a CC member of CPIML Liberation. Being Com. Charu’s son, he observed the Naxalbari uprising from close quarters.
Unveiling the Dark Side of Virtual Learning: Exploitation and Fraud in India’s EdTech Boom
These companies prey upon aspirational parents’ insecurities about their children being unsuccessful, and manipulate them