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...
“We Must Fiercely Defend Our Agricultural Land”
Interview with Ramesh Cheemachanahalli, core committee member, Bhoo-swadhina Virodhi Horata Samiti on the historic Devanahalli struggle. Q. The Karnataka government has withdrawn the Devanahalli land acquisition notification after 1198 days...
UPDATE ON PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS
Global protests continue against the genocide in Palestine In July, pro-Palestine protests swept through Delhi, London, Berlin, Seoul, Stockholm, Madrid, Jakarta, and Tokyo, with demonstrators condemning Israeli aggression and Western...
Update On Student Movements
AMU Students Protest Arbitrary Withholding of Results Students at Aligarh Muslim University protested after their semester results were withheld over attendance shortages. They accused the administration of ignoring UGC’s 75%...
This Month in History
August 5, 1895 - Friedrich Engels passes away due to throat cancer. He was a German revolutionary communist and Karl Marx's closest friend and collaborator. His works include 'The Origin...
Devanahalli Farmers Create History
Over three years of persistent struggle by the farmers of Devanahalli gained a momentous victory on the 15th of July, when the Siddaramaiah government was forced to drop the forcible...