Sofia Ammassari, Griffith University
Since 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity has grown exponentially – and so has the formidable organisational machine of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). These...
As India's Lok Sabha elections unfold, the nation is engulfed in fervent political campaigning. Amidst the promises and pledges, the BJP stands out for its inclination towards hate speech to polarise the nation.
American Fiction bluntly satirises this fashionable zeitgeist and shatters its progressive myths, challenging the false pretensions of capitalism’s culture production-spanning the industries of publishing, awards, and filmmaking-that it's open to new, different voices from the margins and the underprivileged.
We should be clear about the order of imminence for India in this election. The fact that such orders of imminence are neither divined nor destined is the insight of Marxist theory. The experience of imminence—what may befall us—is given through our collective responsible practice of reason.
Supreme Court judge Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on 6 December, delivered the 13th B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture, 2021 on ‘Conceptualising Marginalisation: Agency, Assertion & Personhood.’ The event was organised by the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi & Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung South Asia in India International Centre, New Delhi.
One of the most prevalent notions of Islamophobia globally is that a Muslim anywhere is blameworthy and accountable for the alleged actions of Muslims elsewhere. The case of Muslims in India is not different. Even to such a ridiculous extent that when they narrate their stories of suffering and victimhood, they are asked to acknowledge that they are the oppressor somewhere else.
The persistence and the vastly unequal impacts of the ongoing AIDS epidemic serve as a warning as the new Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus makes its way around the world.
And as Hindutva forces have been claiming from long ago, the day is not far when a Babri-like incident could be repeated to claim Mosque sites and Hindu sacred spaces which might inevitably result in a further rise in hate crimes or even a pogrom like situation for Muslims across India.
Despite being a great movie that created an actual difference in the lives of the oppressed, the politics of 'Jai Bhim', which approached state violence, is entirely different from those movies directed by Pa. Ranjith and Mari Selvaraj.
Taqdees Fatimah
On June 20, the ATS had arrested my father, Umar Gautam, and accused him of running a forced “conversion racket”. The media trials have tarnished our reputation, particularly...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally apologized to the nation when he announced on TV to repeal three Farm laws that he vociferously defended for the past year saying "Today, I...
This is the result of farmers' tireless struggle. This is a declaration of the victory of the farmers' protest which in a few days completes a year on Delhi's borders.
Over the years especially with the growing existential disillusionment with the state and its ability to generate antagonist predetermined mind for Muslims is monotonous and increasingly associated with BJP leaders.
The overall effect of generations of Muslim families being pushed to ghettoes has resulted in a loss of a say in the matters of larger political activities of the city.
Rabindra Ratan, Michigan State University and Yiming Lei, Michigan State University
The metaverse is a network of always-on virtual environments in which many people can interact with one another and...
The T-20 cricket match between the archrivals India and Pakistan in Dubai on October 24, 2021, was in the news for the wrong reason. It was in the news...