Resolving Contradictions Within the People
In the social context, when it comes to the process of organising the masses, imbuing them with revolutionary ideas, consolidating the vanguard class into a revolutionary party, rallying the broad...
Students of Bangalore Medical College Fight for Dignity
Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) was rocked by a two-day protest organised by students pursuing BSc in Allied Health Sciences (AHS) in early February. The protests highlighted a...
Adani’s Green hunt
The world has seen a meteoric rise of the Indian business magnate Gautam Adani since 2014, exemplified by his quantum leap in the Forbes richest list to the 29th position...
The Anti-colonial Legacy of Tipu Sultan
In all the communal commotion surrounding Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali, the RSS-BJP cleverly tries to bury the powerful, anti-colonial legacy of their 40-year rule. Contrasted with the RSS’s role...
Farmers of Anekal vs. State of Karnataka
In Bengaluru the post-90’s boom has manifested in the expansion of the city limits, at the cost of fertile land owned and tilled by farmers for multiple generations. In this...
Reflections on Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp
Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Heart Lamp’ is a collection of twelve short stories in English translated by Deepa Bhasthi from a mix of languages common to Malnad. Her recent awarding of the...
The Struggle for Half the Sky- Part III
The second article in this series discussed the economic basis of patriarchy under feudalism and its manifestations in terms of marriage relations and sexual exploitation of women from oppressed castes....
World on the Edge of a Fragile Peace
One of the strongest blows the unreal state of Israel has received in the international arena recently is through the voyage undertaken by Greta Thunberg and her comrades aboard the...
The Struggle for Half the Sky- Part II
The introductory article in this series discussed the economic basis of the origin of patriarchy in society. It was shown how the rise of patriarchy is intertwined with the rise...
Hands off Jadavpur University! Long live Students’ Struggle!
Jadavpur university (JU) has been on the boil since the West Bengal state education minister Bratya Basu ran his car over students on 1st March, grievously injuring one. For the...