This Month in History
February 10, 1898- Birthday- Faiz Ahmad Faiz was a Pakistani poet, and author of Urdu and Punjabi literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated Pakistani Urdu writers of his...
UPDATES ON STUDENT MOVEMENTS
Protest Against Government School Closure Across Karnataka Student organisations, parents, and teachers across Karnataka, protested to save government schools that face closure and possible merger with Karnataka Public Schools, due...
NEP in disguise: School Merger Proposal = School Closure Proposal
The Department of school education and literacy under the Congress government on October 15th 2025 announced their plans to merge 25000 government schools by starting 800 KPS-magnet schools at a...
Political Ecology of Nagarhole: A Tale of Exploitation and Resistance
On December 21, the Adivasis of Nagarhole started their historic 13-day Padayathra (December 21 - January 2), organised by Nagarhole Adivasi Jammapale Hakku Sthapana Samiti (NAJHSS), the federation of Gram...
Philosophy of the Bomb: The Question of Violence in the Indian Freedom Struggle
“There is no crime that Britain has not committed in India. Deliberate misrule has reduced us to paupers, has ‘bled us white’. As a race and a people we stand...
The Ballad of Sangolli Rayanna
On the rocks of Nandagad Rayanna stood tall, He stole the sleep of Landlords and the Company. No forts, no flag, No cannons, no crown on his head, The forest...
Sangolli Rayanna and the Peasant Guerilla Uprising of Nandgad
“My last wish is to be born again in this country to fight against the British and drive them away from the sacred soil.” - Sangolli Rayanna (before his execution)...
The Labour Codes for, of, and by the Bourgeoisie
Withdrawing 29 central legislations and replacing them with four Labour Codes (the Code of Wages, the Industrial Relations Code, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code and the Code...
An Orphan with a House: Abuse, Alienation, and the Indian Middle-Class Child
Not Poor Enough to Protest, Not Free Enough to Breathe The Indian middle-class child is caught in a dialectic of illusion and alienation. Born into homes with brick walls, school...
The Myth of Decolonisation of Education
“One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes...