Periyar : A Crusader Against Social Inequality and Injustice
There is no god, there is no god, there is no god at all. He who invented god is a fool. He who propagates god is a scoundrel. He who...
State Education Policy: Old Wine in New Bottle?
Reject NEP in both form and content!Resist privatisation and corporatisation of education!Demand universal and equitable education! Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah recently announced the scrapping of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020...
Remembering the Glorious Telangana Peasant’s Revolt : Part II
When the Communist Party(CPI) was working together with Congress to overthrow the feudal rule of Nizam,Congress leaders were secretly making alliances with landlords. In 1946, when Sangham started seizing and...
A Critique of the Karnataka State Education Budget
Spark* recognises the state government’s attempts to bring changes in the current education system that is in shambles, but at the same time, also raises the importance of addressing the...
Neoconservatism and Social Media
In postmodern cosmopolitan societies one of the most significant questions as far as human behaviour is concerned is; what it means to be “woke”. Woke-ism, much like its predecessors, is...
Awaited Independence
Let us declare that the state of war does exist and shall exist so long as the Indian toiling masses and the natural resources are being exploited by a handful...
Role of the Big Bourgeoisie in the Partition of the Indian Subcontinent
The partition of the Indian subcontinent was one such event that still influences the geopolitics of the region. Be it the abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir or be it...
Academic Freedom in Scientific Institutes
Last week, more than 500 scientists and academics wrote to the Indian institute of Science (IISc) criticizing its administration for prohibiting a discussion on the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. In...
Dissent and Democracy in Bengaluru
Koramangala is one of the trendiest areas of Bengaluru. The road from Nexus mall to the National Games village is an important road in the area. It has several posh...
How Many Deaths Make Too Many? The Institutional Harassment of Aditya Prabhu
Aditya Prabhu, a nineteen year old, took his life after being leveled with charges of cheating in an examination, by the management of PES University (Bengaluru). Much of the corporate...