India Becomes Godhra
As the fascist Hindutva forces close their grip around the throat of the nation. It can be difficult to comprehend the path that we have taken to reach such dire...
Beating the Colonial Powers at Their Game: New Criminal Laws- Part I
In December of 2023, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), during the winter session of the Parliament, pushed through three crucial laws – Bharatiya Sakshya Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,...
Resist the fascist Hindutva frenzy! Demand universal education and dignified employment for all! OR Join the workers’-farmers’ strike on AI 16th February!
Ten years ago Narendra Modi came to power with the promises of ushering in Achhe Din or better days, recovering black money, and creating one crore jobs every year. He got a...
RELEASE BK16! REPEAL UAPA!
On 1st January 1818, a small battalion of 800 men including many Mahars, a Dalit sub-caste defeated a massive army of over 25,000 men headed by Peshwa Bajirao II. Although...
India’s Fascist Democracy
On May 2, 2017, the present ruling dispensation eventually confirmed the suspicions of sceptics about India being a democracy. The Attorney General, Mukul Rohatgi, told a Supreme Court bench of...
The Hon’ble Supreme Court Blesses the Abrogation of Article 370
“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” ~ Chinua Achebe On Dec 11, 2023, the five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court,...
Whitewashing Dissent!
This tells a story from an “Institute of National Importance” – an account of a distressing whitewashing that reflects the current state of free speech in a country boasting itself...
Revoke the Case Against Maktoob Journalist: Kerala Needs More Dialogue on Policing in Fascist Times
After the blast at the Jehovah's Witness that has so far claimed the lives of 6 people at the Kochi center, the police had shortly detained two youths who were...
The UP Model of Violence
The recent upheavals at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), and Kalakshetra have laid bare a disturbing reality within educational institutions. These incidents, particularly the molestation...
Forlorn Graves: Ather’s Unfinished Journey Home
On the cold winter evening of December 2020, I and M were walking along the Jhelum Bund complaining about how cold it was. After a while, the conversation shifted to...