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.
India
People coming from Kashmir say about the situation
Shehla Rashid Shora
Some of the things that people coming from Kashmir say about the situation:
1) Movement within Srinagar and to neighbouring districts is more or less permitted. Local press...
India
Article 370 and Dr. Ambedkar: A fact-check
Pratik Tembhurne
Let’s now turn to the views of the chief architect of the Constitution of India, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, on Article 370. Every time Kashmir is in the news,...
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India
A Nasiruddin Mullah Law
The Government has made no effective discussion with the stake holders like the All India Muslim Personal Law Board before framing the controversial Bill. The Act is clearly unconstitutional and contrary to the basic principles of criminal jurisprudence.
India
Charu Majumdar is no Memory but a Living Presence
Chittibabu Padavala
Today remarks the forty-seventh anniversary of Charu Majumdar' death. He was tortured and killed in police lockup.
A name comparable only to Bhagat Singh's, as one leader of Virasam...
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India
Unprecedented hate crimes in Modi 2.0 era
Figures show that there is an unprecedented increase in hate crimes in India since Narendra Modi returned for a second term in power. Data collected by Delhi based website dotodatabase.com, shows this sudden spike.
India
Assam NRC; A humanitarian crisis looming large
Centre for Study of Society and Secularism Fact Finding Report on Assam NRC
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India
Pamidipati Kotaiah: Murdered first by his killers, then by the Kamma Press
Highly respected Dalit activist Pamidipati Kotaiah Madiga, from Guntur, was killed on 6 July by unknown assailants.
Opinion
Sudan from ‘Bread Riots’ to a national political crisis
From the dream of a democratic state, how did Sudan wake into a nightmare of violence.
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India
Free ride for women in DMRC and interrogating men of Delhi
people opposing this step of Delhi government and calling it propaganda, need to step out of their rooms. And see, what a relief it is for women after them facing the wage gaps for the reason of them being just a WOMAN. And see the condition in which women from marginalized sections are commuting every day.
Indian General Election, 2019
Is A.D.M.K-B.J.P alliance long awaited entry of B.J.P to Tamil Nadu?
As Tamil Nadu developed its own discourse of social justice, development and Tamil identity, B.J.P being a Hindi, Hindu, One India party is innately antagonistic to Tamil Nadu unless or until it changes the notion of Dravidian social justice, development and Tamil nationalism.
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India
NRC across India; How BJP can harness communalism
The fate of the detected illegal migrants in the final draft of NRC still remains uncertain. As NRC is in the last procedure before publishing the final list – Receipt and disposal of Claims and Objection. Millions of Bengali community fears to be stateless. with no country to be deported, they are likely to be sent to detention camps in Assam. Even today many accused civilians are serving indefinite detention.
India
Understanding the ‘Modi’fied nationalism
Taking the Christchurch mass shooting in New Zealand into recognition in this context, the back-handed support the white supremacists got from the Hindutva nationalists also denote that there have been transactions between white nationalism and Hindutva brand of ‘Cultural Nationalism’, but the hegemonic nature of latter becomes more dangerous as it raises serious threats to popular nationalism in India.
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