Is there Grandeur in this View of Life?
Anu In a new swath of so-called “rationalisations” aimed at “reducing burden on students” NCERT has omitted sections on ‘Evolution’ from the syllabus of class 10th Biology. The dropped topics...
Viduthalai Part 1: A Spark Review
Fionn Within the vast and hilly forests of a scenic village, Viduthalai (meaning “liberation” in Tamil) paints a scathing portrait of the villagers' struggles as a result of the establishment...
Wrestlers Protest: BJP in the Ring Against Women
Soumya On 28th May, the Delhi police cracked down on protestors peacefully marching towards the New Parliament building for the ‘Mahila Samman Mahapanchayat’. Merely a few metres away from the...
The Transport Fiasco: SMIADT
A Student of SMIADT In a bid to cultivate social responsibility among its students, Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design, and Technology (SMIADT) has encouraged us to question prevailing norms...
Media: For the Ruling class,by the RulingClass
Rohit On 14th April, an interview of ex-governor of former J&K, Satya Pal Malik, taken by the journalist Karan Thapar was released by The Wire. It went viral instantly as...
The Apocalypse
shreyas The United States of America, which houses a mere 6% of the world’s population, consumes 33% of the world’s non-renewable raw materials. This level of consumption, which most models...
Freedom Confined to a Park
Protest is a tool in the hands of the masses used to express their dissent with the state. Be it the 8 hour work day movement where workers fought for...
Lenin’s April Theses
As discussed in our previous issue, Lenin's 'The Tasks of the Proletariat in the Present Revolution' a.k.a. April Theses, changed the direction of not just the Russian revolution but also...
May’68 : The Revolt of French Students and Workers
In May 1968, a conflict between students and the university authorities in Paris precipitated a series of events that led to mass student protests, the biggest national strike in the...
May Day: The Day of the Chicago Martyrs
May Day was born out of the 8-hour work-day movement in 19th-century Chicago, a demand of major political significance for the working class. In the 19th century, as the capitalist...