Finding Philanthropy? A Case Study of Azim Premji University
In the past few decades, Azim Premji has earned himself the image of a ‘giver’, a great philanthropist. A capitalist who gives away most of his wealth for the greater...
Education Now a Luxury
A dark cloud looms over the parents of Bengaluru this academic year as they struggle to pay the exorbitant fees charged by private institutions; only to pay even more as...
Darkness at the End of the Tunnel
The BBMP released a report titled ‘Comprehensive Bengaluru City Traffic Management Infrastructure Plan – proposals for vehicular tunnel / grade separator / road widening in selected corridors- final feasibility report,...
Communal Violence in Coastal Karnataka: A Region on the Edge
Coastal Karnataka, portrayed with vibrant histories and culture, particularly Dakshina Kannada, Mangalore, and Udupi, now finds itself mired in a deepening crisis of communal violence. The recent spate of killings,...
Defuse the Ticking Bomb of Climate Crisis: The Path to Climate Justice is Red
As we inch closer to observing another World Environment Day mandated by the United Nations to fall on the 5th of June every year, the hundreds of treaties, summits, and...
Space, Science, and Surveillance
A symptom of a capitalist economy is the privatisation of knowledge. Privatisation of education, privatisation of access to knowledge, and privatisation of research. Increasingly, Indian space research has been shifted...
Murder Mines of Tamil Nadu
On January 17th, 2025, K. Jagabar Ali was brutally run over in a planned killing. Ali, an environmental activist was, among many others, a whistleblower who had repeatedly petitioned against...
Ballari: A Story of Loot, Betrayal, and Resistance
In early May 2025 a special CBI court in Telangana’s Nampally convicted former Karnataka minister and BJP MLA, Gali Janardhan Reddy and three others in the long-running Obulapuram Mining Company...
Ports of Plunder: Honnavar Fisherfolk Struggle against Corporate Capture
The coastal town of Honnavar in Karnataka has erupted in protest against a private port project by Honnavar Ports Private Limited (HPPL), a subsidiary of GVPR Engineers Ltd., which has...
Eviction, Exploitation, and Resistance: The Struggle of the Jenu Kurubas in Nagarhole Forest
On May 10, 2025, members of the All India Students’ Association (AISA) and Adivasi Sangharsh Morcha (ASM) visited a forest area in Nagarhole, Karnataka, to express solidarity with around 52...