78 Years of Unfulfilled Promise
The tryst with destiny that India began at the stroke of the midnight hour of 15th August, 1947, was the product of a long period of struggle, compounded with a...
Stop the War on Adivasis
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...
Keezhadi: The Buried Truth
There's no such thing as the 'voiceless.' There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard. - Arundhati Roy For decades, the instilled memory of Indian history has been...
What is a Vanguard Party? Part-II
Why must there be a revolutionary party? There must be a revolutionary party because the world contains enemies who oppress the people and the people want to throw off enemy...
The ‘Holy Cow’: Politics and Profits
Cow Vigilantes Raided Muslim Homes, Lynched A Man & Tortured A Minor - Article 14, 2024 India Emerges as Second Largest Beef Exporter in the World - The Wire, 2024...
Chains in the Mind: On Indian Muslims and the Performance of Loyalty
In this country, obedience is not enough. The Muslim in India today is not just told to survive — he’s told to smile while doing it, apologize while being attacked,...
The Long-buried secrets of Dharmasthala
For a long time the powerful Manjunatha temple of Dharmasthala has been at the centre of crimes and controversies. In the first week of July a former sanitation worker from...
Manual Scavenging: Biggest Shame of India
On 21st July, just weeks after India proudly announced its ascent as the fourth largest economy in the world, Puttaswamy, a 31-year-old labourer, developed severe breathing difficulties and died while...
Prison Away from Home
“Home away from home” is the tagline adorned all across the cuboidal hostel buildings. The tagline written in vibrant colours stand out from the starkly white, monotone backgrounds of the...
NCERT Textbook Revisions: Learning through a Saffron Lens
History is the raw material for nationalist or ethnic or fundamentalist ideologies, as poppies are the raw material for heroin addiction. The past is an essential element, perhaps the essential...