Communists in Bharat are often the loudest voices in support of “right to dissent” and claim that Bharat is a “fascist” country even when they continue to criticize and abuse…
The regularly irregular outbreak of political violence in Bengal since Narendra Modi’s ascent to power has revived the old debate: Why is the state’s politics on a perennial short fuse?…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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 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…