Opinion
Bookshelf
Polynomial Politics: Imagining India as a Country Led by Lower Castes
This article is a review of the book Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: On Caste and Politics by Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan, edited by Maël Montévil, published in April 2024.
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Opinion
Unmasking institutionalized communalism against Muslims in India
Discriminatory legislation, prejudiced conduct in educational settings, and biased portrayals in media outlets contribute to the marginalization of Muslims across different areas. This sustains an environment of apprehension and uncertainty, hampering societal cohesion and advancement
Elections 2024
Muslim in blood: Are there no alternatives to BJP?
Strangely, even as the anti-Muslimness of this regime is, “of course, there!,” nobody openly talks about them as factors that should constrain vote for BJP. The Muslim question i.e. the violence against Muslims, has been derided into a non-issue in electoral calculations just like how the left has wanted which often claims, “let’s focus on real issues [and not on religious issues even as the entire Hindutva practice today is organized around religion about which I have written elsewhere]”
Features
Analysing dip in Academic Freedom Index: Who takes the deepest plunge?
Dr. Shirin Akhter, Dr. Vijender Singh Chauhan
The recent revelation on the Academic Freedom Index (AFI) shows that academic...
Film and TV
“Aadujeevitham”: Fails in its adaptation, survives on visual grandeur and built-up anticipation
One can understand how the idea of Najeeb’s Iman in the novel is universalised into Hope in the film. This might appear as nit picking but given the current situation, I cannot help but highlight how Islamic narratives are appropriated by liberal language use.
Opinion
FIFA Women’s World Cup: Gender equity in sports remains an issue despite the major strides being made
Treisha Hylton, Wilfrid Laurier University
The FIFA Women’s World Cup will commence on July 20 in Australia and New Zealand. As the largest women’s sporting event in the world,...
Opinion
A feminist review of Uniform Civil Code debate
The debate around the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has once again come to the fore, with minority religious organisations, political parties, and women’s rights groups having expressed their opposition towards the proposed introduction of the code.
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Opinion
Why the Uniform Civil Code won’t fly?
We are certainly not asking the state to ignore misogynistic traditions in the realm of personal law. What is being objected to is the wholesale dismantling of personal laws and their supplanting with a uniform civil code.
Opinion
Canadian law enforcement agencies continue to target Muslims
Basema Al-Alami writes on the startling history of entrapment and over-policing against Canadian Muslims at the hands of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and a recent academic study that has shed a light on these practices across the country.
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Opinion
Milan Kundera’s ‘remarkable’ work explored oppression, inhumanity – and the absurdity of being human
Jen Webb, University of Canberra
Milan Kundera, that remarkable novelist, essayist, poet, philosopher and political critic, has died at the age of 94. It feels too soon, perhaps because in...
Film and TV
A Hindutva cinematic universe is here
Cinema is a strong tool that can either act as a reformative one or a destructive one. Propaganda inevitably comes with politics, but what makes BJP different is the...
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India
Into mind of a Bengali caby on Rohingya Muslims, humanity
"Look, I won’t say I do not have anti-Muslim sentiment or I do not want them to go, but it is only about the Muslims who come from other...
Features
Everyday aspirations and burden of representation: Watching ‘Kayo Kayo Colour’
'Kayo Kayo Colour' is a 96-minute feature that premiered in the recent edition of the International Film Festival of Rotterdam. Written, shot and directed by Shahrukh Khan Chavada, the...
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Opinion
Why Meta’s Threads app is the biggest threat to Twitter yet
Lisa M. Given, RMIT University
The launch of social media app Threads as a competitor to Twitter is a game-changer.
Meta, which also owns Facebook and Instagram, launched the new platform...
Opinion
Jenin has long been seen as the capital of Palestinian resistance and militancy – latest raid will do little to shake that reputation
Maha Nassar, University of Arizona
Israeli troops withdrew from Jenin on July 4, 2023, after two days of heavy aerial bombardment and ground invasion. According to reports, 12 Palestinians were...
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Editor's Pick
Muslims in India: The last subaltern
In May 2023, CPI (M-L) Liberation’s general secretary, Dipankar Bhattacharya received the ‘Ambedkar Sudar’ Award. In his speech, he mentioned the increasing marginalisation faced by minorities in India today....
Opinion
Paris riots: when police shot a teenager dead, a rumbling pressure cooker exploded
Joseph Downing, Aston University
Riots broke out in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, following the lethal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy named as Nahel M. An investigation into his...
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