The Choice is yours?
Everybody wants a piece of them The land, The tree, The tiger, The bauxite, The development. But I wonder, Why not the shackles? Why not the screams? Why not the...
The Socio-Educational Survey in Karnataka
Karnataka’s ongoing caste and socio-economic survey has brought many discussions and debates to the surface. The survey aims to collect information about people’s social, educational, and economic backgrounds to understand...
The Right to Belong: Citizenship, State Power, and the People of Ladakh
Who has the right to claim citizenship in India? How should we perform our citizenship so that the state is ready to hear our voices? Identifying as an Indian becomes...
The Great October Socialist Revolution
From the 25th of October 1917, the entire world was shaken by the events unfolding in Russia. A once backward, peasant nation under Tsar Nicholas II, where the most downtrodden...
From Citizens to Suspects: How SIR is Reshaping Karnataka’s Voter Rolls
The Constitution of India proclaims a nation built on equality, where every citizen’s voice holds power, and freedom could never be taken away. Today, that principle is quietly being reversed....
Anatomy of Deception
(A Curious case of LMS and delay in the appointment of Guest Faculties in Government First Degree Colleges of Karnataka) The education system, an institutionalized classifier… transforms social classifications into...
UPDATES ON STUDENT MOVEMENTS
Students Stage Protest Against University Management in Bengaluru Students of Allied Health Science courses at Presidency University, Bengaluru, staged a protest on October 10th, alleging that the university authorities cheated...
This Month in History
3rd November, 1957: Soviets launch Sputnik II with the dog Laika. she became the first living being to orbit the Earth. 5th November - Remembered as Guy Fawkes Day in...
UPDATE ON PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS
Statewide Protests for Justice for Sowjanya The Dharmasthala Dourjanya Virodhi Vedike, a collective of writers, activists, and lawyers, organised protests across 60 locations in 15 Karnataka districts on October 9,...
Farmers of Anekal vs. State of Karnataka
In Bengaluru the post-90’s boom has manifested in the expansion of the city limits, at the cost of fertile land owned and tilled by farmers for multiple generations. In this...