Communists and Nationalism : 4 historical episodes
One of the core tenets of Communism is internationalism. In simple terms, Communism does not claim to recognize any other difference between people than the economic class difference. However, this…
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Bengali Hindu blogger attacked for appreciating Army, communists bat for another partition
It would have been easy to ignore this as another abusive exchange that sometimes takes place on social media, but it was tough to overlook how a woman was being…
Kerala govt’s rush to reopen temples – milk temples for money or something more sinister?
Neither the devotees nor the temple committees have asked for reopening of temples in Kerala. This is considering the fact that containing spread of Covid-19 is of paramount importance to…
The grammar of anarchy: from Shaheen Bagh to Seattle
Last week, the Capitol Hill area of Seattle city, USA was barricaded by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protestors, who demanded, among other things, abolition of police. The protests, started after…
Bengali Hindu – Rising from the ashes
“Ekbar biday de Maa ghure aashi Hashi hashi porbo fanshi dekhbe bharot bashi…” [Bharat Mata bid me farewell once, I will be back soon. whole of Bharatvasi will watch me…
Palghar lynching: Deconstructing the Church-Communist partnership poisoning the tribal mind
The nexus between the Church, left-liberal NGOs and communist/secular political parties in manipulating tribals and forest-dwellers is not unique to Bharat. Various templates and theories have been developed to cut…
JNU: End of the Romance
Joining Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was like crossing the road. Literally. The year was 1999. I was Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) at IIT, Delhi (IIT-D)….
Faiz Ahmad Faiz and the de-Islamisation of a ‘Muslim revolutionary’
Faiz has often been seen as a Communist poet by many progressive circles within the sub-continent. The Communist Parties of India have celebrated Faiz’s poetry, and have used his verses…
“Why not build Ram temple on Mars, Moon as well?”: Kanhaiya Kumar
Communists in Bharat pretend to be secularists, claiming to be working for a rational, scientific and egalitarian society. Let’s put aside the fact that communism has failed the empirical test…
Deluded Liberals Celebrate the Second Coming of Amartya Sen in Abhijit Banerjee
So, liberals, basically anti-Bharat, anti-Hindu, and most importantly the anti-Modi brigade, has found a new goofball to cheer for, kneel in front of, hail and take as their guiding light…