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Farewell to Sasi etta, brother K.P. Sasi

Farewell to Sasi etta, brother K.P....

Our beloved K.P.Sasi is no more. Filmmaker, cartoonist,...

Rain and Heat, Fire and Snow – Life in a Destabilized California

Rain and Heat, Fire and Snow –...

It was January 1983 and raining in San Francisco. The...

Shadow of Covid  lingers over the erstwhile Kingdom of Cooch Behar     

Shadow of Covid  lingers over the ...

The princely state of Cooch Behar merged with...

Budget is a golden age for corporates but a mirage for farmers, Dalit, tribals

Budget is a golden age for corporat...

In the budget presented on February 1, Finance...

Environment

  • Forever Chemicals, Everywhere
    Robert Hunziker | 03/02/2023
  • Will the Joshimath Devastation Lead to A Change in Policy for Himalayan Region?
    Bharat Dogra | 21/01/2023
  • Our Planet Versus Plastic Bags—A Tale of Two Cities
    Erika Schelby | 20/01/2023

Featured Stories

  • Crisis Prolongs In Peru, State Of Emergency Extended

    Crisis Prolongs In Peru, State Of Emergency Extended

    by Countercurrents Collective — 06/02/2023

    Since the ouster and imprisonment of democratically elected President Pedro Castillo in Peru political crisis is prolonging in the country as people’s revolt against the rightist government is spreading across the country, and the government is increasing repressive measures instead of taking measure for a democratic approach. Daily protesters around Peru have blocked highways with trees, boulders and tires, taken[Read More…]

  • Why did Tulsidas ask his God Rama to punish Shudras and women not Mughal rulers?

    Why did Tulsidas ask his God Rama to punish Shudras and women not Mughal rulers?

    by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd — 06/02/2023

    The anti-Shudra, Dalit and women language of Tulsidas in his Ramcharitamanas  engendered a major controversy in North India. Its impact could also be seen in the South, which already had a strong Shudra mobilization history. He equated them with animals and drums and wanted to keep punishing them forever. The new consciousness of the Shudras, Dalits and women is not going to accept[Read More…]

  • Rain and Heat, Fire and Snow – Life in a Destabilized California

    Rain and Heat, Fire and Snow – Life in a Destabilized California

    by Rebecca Gordon — 06/02/2023

    It was January 1983 and raining in San Francisco. The summer before, I’d moved here from Portland, Oregon, a city known for its perpetual gray drizzles and, on the 60-odd days a year when the sun deigns to shine, dazzling displays of greenery. My girlfriend had spent a year convincing me that San Francisco had much more to offer me[Read More…]

  • Ukrainian refugees are becoming a burden to the Baltic states

    Ukrainian refugees are becoming a burden to the Baltic states

    by Slavisha Batko Milacic — 06/02/2023

    Every conflict, including this one in Ukraine, always leads to refugees. Considering the size of Ukraine, it is not surprising that a large number of Ukrainian refugees are in Russia and in Europe. Ukrainian refugees were the topic of an interesting online conference, where you could hear very interesting information from experts about Ukrainian refugees in the Baltics. The name[Read More…]

  • Budget is a golden age for corporates but a mirage for farmers, Dalit, tribals

    Budget is a golden age for corporates but a mirage for farmers, Dalit, tribals

    by Vikas Parashram Meshram — 06/02/2023

    In the budget presented on February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that this budget has ushered in an amrit kal period , but for Dalits, tribals and farmers, this budgetary amrit period is a mirage and there is no way to face the challenges like inflation and unemployment in the budget. This budget has once again confirmed that the[Read More…]

  • Why Government Clarification on NREGA Budget Cut is Not Convincing

    Why Government Clarification on NREGA Budget Cut is Not Convincing

    by Bharat Dogra — 05/02/2023

    If a single aspect of the union budget 2023-24 is to be selected in the context of drawing the maximum criticism, then it is the very low allocation for NREGA. As a response to this widespread criticism, on February 3 the Rural Development Ministry issued a statement (see The Statesman, February 4), saying that there is no need for widely[Read More…]

  • Why is Telangana blocking the entry of poor children into private schools?

    Why is Telangana blocking the entry of poor children into private schools?

    by Sandeep Pandey — 05/02/2023

    by Sanjana Sree Manusanipalli and Sandeep Pandey The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act was enacted by the Union Government in 2009 and implemented in 2010. As part of Section 12(1)(c) of this Act, at least 25% of children in the age group 6-14 years from the disadvantaged groups and weaker sections can be admitted to unaided[Read More…]

  • The Indian Republic and its unproductive 49%

    The Indian Republic and its unproductive 49%

    by Ratheesh Pisharody — 05/02/2023

    On the 26th of January, 2023, India reminded herself, yet again, that she is a Republic. As the winter sun rose in the east and gently waded across the smoggy skies of the National Capital Region, yet again, we witnessed shows of patriotism and love that we shower on ourselves in the form of tableaus and speeches. What remained understated,[Read More…]

  • Melbourne University Adopts Anti-Semitic & Holocaust-Ignoring IHRA Definition Of Anti-Semitism

    Melbourne University Adopts Anti-Semitic & Holocaust-Ignoring IHRA Definition Of Anti-Semitism

    by Dr Gideon Polya — 05/02/2023

    In 2022 Melbourne University (MU), formerly Australia’s top university, succumbed to racist Zionist subversion by falsely defaming anti-racist Jewish and non-Jewish staff and students as anti-Semitic for criticism of Israeli Apartheid. MU has now adopted the false, racist and defamatory International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Definition of anti-Semitism that is anti-Jewish anti-Semitic, anti-Arab anti-Semitic, and near-comprehensively  genocide-ignoring and holocaust-ignoring. Not[Read More…]

  • LA VIE EN ROSE

    LA VIE EN ROSE

    by David Sparenberg — 05/02/2023

    They wanted love. The young. The desire was inside them. A candle in the night. A match in a bedroom of fireworks.   They wanted to tumble in pairs into the prayers of another world – hot unions of bodies and souls.  To smell, to taste, to touch, to feel, and to experience (as if dreaming together) the light of[Read More…]

India

Budget is a golden age for corporates but a mirage for farmers, Dalit, tribals

Budget is a golden age for corporates but a mirage for farmers, Dalit, tribals

06/02/2023 — Vikas Parashram Meshram

In the budget presented on February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that this budget has ushered in an amrit kal period , but for Dalits, tribals and farmers, this budgetary amrit period is a mirage and there is no way to face the challenges like inflation and unemployment in the budget. This budget has once again confirmed that the[Read More…]

  • Why Government Clarification on NREGA Budget Cut is Not Convincing

    Why Government Clarification on NREGA Budget Cut is Not Convincing

    05/02/2023 — Bharat Dogra
  • Why is Telangana blocking the entry of poor children into private schools?

    Why is Telangana blocking the entry of poor children into private schools?

    05/02/2023 — Sandeep Pandey
  • The Indian Republic and its unproductive 49%

    The Indian Republic and its unproductive 49%

    05/02/2023 — Ratheesh Pisharody
  • Grossly Inadequate Budget Allocation for NREGA in FY 2023-24

    Grossly Inadequate Budget Allocation for NREGA in FY 2023-24

    03/02/2023 — Press Release

COVID Response Watch

Shadow of Covid  lingers over the erstwhile Kingdom of Cooch Behar     

Shadow of Covid  lingers over the erstwhile Kingdom of Cooch Behar     

30/08/2022 — Sandeep Banerjee

The princely state of Cooch Behar merged with the Dominion of India on August 8, 1949 and became a part of the State of West Bengal on January 1, 1950. To go to Cooch Behar, one has to cross Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts, which were also once part of other neighbouring hill kingdoms and annexed by the British. During my[Read More…]

  • Public life in MP disrupted by heavy  rains linked to climate change

    Public life in MP disrupted by heavy rains linked to climate change

    29/08/2022 — Pooja Yadav
  • Hanging by a thread, Sheffield of the East

    Hanging by a thread, Sheffield of the East

    27/08/2022 — Sandeep Banerjee
  • Malnutrition and death of children decreased in the system, increased in reality

    Malnutrition and death of children decreased in the system, increased in reality

    25/08/2022 — Shirish Khare
  • When Forest Rights meets Right to Education

    When Forest Rights meets Right to Education

    23/08/2022 — Amit Sengupta

World

Crisis Prolongs In Peru, State Of Emergency Extended

Crisis Prolongs In Peru, State Of Emergency Extended

06/02/2023 — Countercurrents Collective

Since the ouster and imprisonment of democratically elected President Pedro Castillo in Peru political crisis is prolonging in the country as people’s revolt against the rightist government is spreading across the country, and the government is increasing repressive measures instead of taking measure for a democratic approach. Daily protesters around Peru have blocked highways with trees, boulders and tires, taken[Read More…]

  • Ukrainian refugees are becoming a burden to the Baltic states

    Ukrainian refugees are becoming a burden to the Baltic states

    06/02/2023 — Slavisha Batko Milacic
  • Melbourne University Adopts Anti-Semitic & Holocaust-Ignoring IHRA Definition Of Anti-Semitism

    Melbourne University Adopts Anti-Semitic & Holocaust-Ignoring IHRA Definition Of Anti-Semitism

    05/02/2023 — Dr Gideon Polya
  • Working With Generation Alpha

    Working With Generation Alpha

    05/02/2023 — Deepthi Amin
  • The Hope Lies With The Generation Z

    The Hope Lies With The Generation Z

    05/02/2023 — T Vijayendra

Globalisation

Corporatizing the World One Small Company at a Time

Corporatizing the World One Small Company at a Time

25/01/2023 — Sally Dugman

I remember when my small town lost its last family owned and run pharmacy — a beautiful, old, turn of the century store and a high quality company that the family had managed over four generations of pharmacists. In fact, the pharmacist-owners had loved their jobs and helped each other in work while simultaneously knowing most of their long-standing customers and[Read More…]

  • Corporatisation: Destroying Rural Economy 

    Corporatisation: Destroying Rural Economy 

    19/01/2023 — Tarun Kumar
  • How the policies of globalization exploited the resources and economy of the developing countries

    How the policies of globalization exploited the resources and economy of the developing countries

    25/07/2022 — Tarun Kumar
  • Western-Led Globalization Might End, but the New Globalization Might Have an Eastern Face

    Western-Led Globalization Might End, but the New Globalization Might Have an Eastern Face

    19/04/2022 — E Ahmet Tonak
  • Time for India and other developing nations to quit WTO

    Time for India and other developing nations to quit WTO

    25/11/2021 — KV Biju

Human Rights

Aerial Bombings in Chhattisgarh: CDRO Fact Finding Team Stopped

Aerial Bombings in Chhattisgarh: CDRO Fact Finding Team Stopped

03/02/2023 — Press Release

Condemn the State’s undemocratic action of denying passage to CDRO Fact Finding Team for inquiry into Aerial Bombings in Chhattisgarh! Resist the attempt to create a war without witnesses in Chhattisgarh! Resist the attack on exercise of Democratic rights! A fact finding team of the Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO) comprising of 25 members from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West[Read More…]

  • Voices of Minors working in Informal Sector from Maharashtra

    Voices of Minors working in Informal Sector from Maharashtra

    01/02/2023 — Bhagyashri Boywad
  • Campaign against State Repression stages protest Meetings in Delhi

    Campaign against State Repression stages protest Meetings in Delhi

    14/01/2023 — Harsh Thakor
  • “Democracy Dies in Darkness” Guantánamo at 21…

    “Democracy Dies in Darkness” Guantánamo at 21…

    12/01/2023 — Phil Pasquini
  • Child abuse and its different forms in India: An analysis

    Child abuse and its different forms in India: An analysis

    29/12/2022 — Mansoor Ahmad Malik

Imperialism

No Peaceful Multipolar World Anytime Soon: Underestimating US Power is Dangerous

No Peaceful Multipolar World Anytime Soon: Underestimating US Power is Dangerous

20/01/2023 — John Stanton

“If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.” Sun Tzu   “But it turns out there isn’t really any military threat by the United states. Not only [has the U.S] and NATO run out of normal military arms, but America really can’t mount a land war anymore. There will never be another Vietnam.[Read More…]

  • The 2002 Bush Doctrine and the Pandora Box of the Preemptive War

    The 2002 Bush Doctrine and the Pandora Box of the Preemptive War

    04/12/2022 — Dr VladislavB Sotirovic
  • A Hall of Shame of U.S. Weapons Sales

    A Hall of Shame of U.S. Weapons Sales

    18/11/2022 — William D Hartung
  • The Secret Wars of the US Imperium

    The Secret Wars of the US Imperium

    14/11/2022 — Dr Binoy Kampmark
  • What U.S. Africa Command Doesn’t Want You to Know

    What U.S. Africa Command Doesn’t Want You to Know

    24/10/2022 — Nick Turse

Communal Harmony

History, Communal Narratives and Sectarian Politics

History, Communal Narratives and Sectarian Politics

21/10/2022 — Dr Ram Puniyani

Last few decades have seen the rise of communal politics in India. Similar politics has been dominating Pakistan from a much longer time. This politics draws heavily from history; rather it uses History as the major tool for spreading hate against the ‘other’ community. The target community in Pakistan is Hindus and in India it is Muslims. In these narratives[Read More…]

  • Leicester Spells “Communal” Tension For British Society? 

    Leicester Spells “Communal” Tension For British Society? 

    25/09/2022 — Nilofar Suhrawardy
  • Nafrat chhodo! Bharat jodo! Bharat jodo! The Failed Fraternity Factor: A wake-up call

    Nafrat chhodo! Bharat jodo! Bharat jodo! The Failed Fraternity Factor: A wake-up call

    30/07/2022 — S G Vombatkere
  • Demonising Muslims: How the act is rooted in a cynical reading of Islamic scriptures!

    Demonising Muslims: How the act is rooted in a cynical reading of Islamic scriptures!

    01/07/2022 — Prof M A Sofi
  • Concerns about peace and harmony within Karnataka

    Concerns about peace and harmony within Karnataka

    28/06/2022 — Press Release

Climate Change

Rain and Heat, Fire and Snow – Life in a Destabilized California

Rain and Heat, Fire and Snow – Life in a Destabilized California

06/02/2023 — Rebecca Gordon

It was January 1983 and raining in San Francisco. The summer before, I’d moved here from Portland, Oregon, a city known for its perpetual gray drizzles and, on the 60-odd days a year when the sun deigns to shine, dazzling displays of greenery. My girlfriend had spent a year convincing me that San Francisco had much more to offer me[Read More…]

  • The Black Gold(s)

    The Black Gold(s)

    02/02/2023 — S P Udayakumaran
  • Why Checking Climate Change Needs an Entirely New Framework

    Why Checking Climate Change Needs an Entirely New Framework

    27/01/2023 — Bharat Dogra
  • Positive Tipping Point Disinformation

    Positive Tipping Point Disinformation

    26/01/2023 — Bill Henderson
  • Will the weather eventually provoke radical action on climate?

    Will the weather eventually provoke radical action on climate?

    22/01/2023 — Paul Rogers

Environmental Protection

Forever Chemicals, Everywhere

Forever Chemicals, Everywhere

03/02/2023 — Robert Hunziker

Forever Chemicals are found everywhere from the depths of the Mariana Trench to the mountaintop of Mt. Everest. Following 80 years of manufacturing various PFAS chemicals, the world is swimming in chemical permanence. And yes, it is a toxic price society pays for modern-day conveniences — made easy! But maybe it would be better if “products made easy by PFASs”[Read More…]

  • Will the Joshimath Devastation Lead to A Change in Policy for Himalayan Region?

    Will the Joshimath Devastation Lead to A Change in Policy for Himalayan Region?

    21/01/2023 — Bharat Dogra
  • Our Planet Versus Plastic Bags—A Tale of Two Cities

    Our Planet Versus Plastic Bags—A Tale of Two Cities

    20/01/2023 — Erika Schelby
  • Wider Message from Joshimath

    Wider Message from Joshimath

    20/01/2023 — Bharat Dogra
  • Water Conservation —Small Efforts that Together Make A Big Contribution

    Water Conservation —Small Efforts that Together Make A Big Contribution

    17/01/2023 — Bharat Dogra

Counter Solutions

Why Understanding Limits Is the Key to Humanity’s Future

Why Understanding Limits Is the Key to Humanity’s Future

21/01/2023 — Richard Heinberg

Recent news articles about a breakthrough in nuclear fusion research heralded the potential for “limitless” energy. Whenever I read that word limitless I wince, because I’ve learned to view it as a subtle instruction to readers to “please stop thinking now.” After decades of false promises to deliver limitless energy, we need to start thinking instead, and search for limits both obvious and hidden. Doing so[Read More…]

  • An Ancient Recipe for Social Success

    An Ancient Recipe for Social Success

    21/01/2023 — Linda M Nicholas
  • Strengthening Sustainable Livelihoods of Small Farmers 

    Strengthening Sustainable Livelihoods of Small Farmers 

    15/01/2023 — Bharat Dogra
  • ‘Public Trust’—A Key Legal Tool to Preserve Our Natural Resources

    ‘Public Trust’—A Key Legal Tool to Preserve Our Natural Resources

    05/01/2023 — Aric Sleeper
  • The present ‘development’ impoverishes us in every sense: Helena Norberg-Hodge

    The present ‘development’ impoverishes us in every sense: Helena Norberg-Hodge

    04/01/2023 — A K Shiburaj

Resource Crisis

The Project of Capital and the Project of the Proletariat in a time of World Crisis

The Project of Capital and the Project of the Proletariat in a time of World Crisis

03/10/2021 — T Vijayendra

ABSTRACT This is a response to the two sets of articles written by Sajai Jose on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and on the world’s and India’s hunger crisis. It is in two parts. In the first part it lays the historical background of the response of capital in the face of periodic crises it faces and people’s response to it.[Read More…]

  • Sustaining the Unsustainable: Why Renewable Energy Companies Are Not Climate Warriors

    Sustaining the Unsustainable: Why Renewable Energy Companies Are Not Climate Warriors

    12/09/2021 — Sean Sweeney
  • The Gritty Reality of Solar Power

    The Gritty Reality of Solar Power

    09/09/2021 — Priti Gulati Cox
  • Child Labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Solidarity with Resistance to Extraction

    15/06/2021 — Don Fitz
  • Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future?

    Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future?

    20/05/2021 — Michael T Klare

Patriarchy

Demand for Same-sex Marriage Pending Since 1991 – Indian Parliament Continues to Stonewall the Debate

Demand for Same-sex Marriage Pending Since 1991 – Indian Parliament Continues to Stonewall the Debate

14/01/2023 — Shobha Aggarwal

“Amend the Special Marriages Act to allow for marriages between people of the same sex (or between people who may be inter-sexed, or have undergone sex-change surgery, and any others). All consequential legal benefits of marriage should extend to gay marriages as well, including the right to adopt children, to execute a partner’s will, to inherit, etc. Same-sex couples should[Read More…]

  • Men and menstruation: A young anti-caste thinker fights menstrual stigma

    Men and menstruation: A young anti-caste thinker fights menstrual stigma

    30/12/2022 — Rucha Satoor
  • Violence Against Women in Live-In Relationships and the Legal Safeguards

    Violence Against Women in Live-In Relationships and the Legal Safeguards

    27/12/2022 — Adv Dr Shalu Nigam
  • International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls—25 November

    International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls—25 November

    25/11/2022 — Bharat Dogra
  • Seeking Accountability In Romantic Relationships

    Seeking Accountability In Romantic Relationships

    09/11/2022 — Ravneet Param

Palestine

Palestine: Platitudes Don’t Bring Peace

Palestine: Platitudes Don’t Bring Peace

02/02/2023 — Jafar M Ramini

After the blood bath in occupied Palestine in 2022, more than 230 Palestinians were killed. The Israeli Occupation Forces and the heavily armed Jewish illegal settlers in the West Bank continued their feral killing spree into 2023 unabated. In the first month of this year, Israel murdered 36 Palestinians. Ten of those murders took place in Jenin, my birthplace. This[Read More…]

  • Palestine is My Cause: Arabs Reaffirm Support for Palestinians, Rejection of the Occupation

    Palestine is My Cause: Arabs Reaffirm Support for Palestinians, Rejection of the Occupation

    02/02/2023 — Dr Ramzy Baroud
  • Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting the Violence of Media Delegitimization  

    Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting the Violence of Media Delegitimization  

    31/01/2023 — Dr Ramzy Baroud
  • Violence begets violence!

    Violence begets violence!

    28/01/2023 — Jafar M Ramini
  • A State for Some of Its Citizens: Captured Black Soldier’s Saga Highlights Racism in Israel

    A State for Some of Its Citizens: Captured Black Soldier’s Saga Highlights Racism in Israel

    27/01/2023 — Dr Ramzy Baroud

South Asia

Pakistan Is Facing Major Economic Crisis

Pakistan Is Facing Major Economic Crisis

01/02/2023 — Countercurrents Collective

Pakistan is facing a major economic crisis. News agency AFP headlined one of it reports as “Pakistan’s economy in ‘collapse’ as IMF visits” A report — Pakistan facing worst economic crisis; Pakistani rupee at Rs 250 against dollar: Report —  said: Pakistan is facing the worst economic crisis since the nation formed with its currency falling to Rs 250 against[Read More…]

  • Game of Chess, India Bangladesh Enclaves, Constitution Amendment and Godda Power Plant

    Game of Chess, India Bangladesh Enclaves, Constitution Amendment and Godda Power Plant

    26/01/2023 — Nisha Biswas
  • Vaddakandal  Massacre

    Vaddakandal  Massacre

    26/01/2023 — Kumarathasan Rasingam
  • EAMs at the LOC, (inbound again)?

    EAMs at the LOC, (inbound again)?

    19/01/2023 — Supratim Barman
  • Sri Lankan President’s Promises for Tamil Leaders

    Sri Lankan President’s Promises for Tamil Leaders

    14/01/2023 — Thambu Kanagasabai

Annihilate Caste

Persistence of Caste as the axial principle of stratification

Persistence of Caste as the axial principle of stratification

16/12/2022 — Mucheli Rishvanth Reddy

Based on his twenty-one-year fieldwork, Jonathan P Parry authored ‘Classes of Labour: Work and Life in a Central Indian Steel Town’, in which he argued the weakening of the caste system as a principle of stratification. According to Parry, with a few exceptions, class system is key for social divisions and in determining social behaviour of individuals. Though his arguments[Read More…]

  • Hindutva, 22 oaths and Ambedkar’s legacy

    Hindutva, 22 oaths and Ambedkar’s legacy

    18/10/2022 — T Navin
  • Why are the twenty-two vows necessary for neo-Buddhists?

    Why are the twenty-two vows necessary for neo-Buddhists?

    12/10/2022 — SR Darapuri
  • Bhojpuri Songs and Branding of Caste Pride

    Bhojpuri Songs and Branding of Caste Pride

    14/09/2022 — Vikash Kumar
  • Reservations on reservation policy

    Reservations on reservation policy

    12/09/2022 — Hiren Gohain

Life/Philosophy

Why did Tulsidas ask his God Rama to punish Shudras and women not Mughal rulers?

Why did Tulsidas ask his God Rama to punish Shudras and women not Mughal rulers?

06/02/2023 — Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd

The anti-Shudra, Dalit and women language of Tulsidas in his Ramcharitamanas  engendered a major controversy in North India. Its impact could also be seen in the South, which already had a strong Shudra mobilization history. He equated them with animals and drums and wanted to keep punishing them forever. The new consciousness of the Shudras, Dalits and women is not going to accept[Read More…]

  • 50th death anniversary of Amilcar Cabral

    50th death anniversary of Amilcar Cabral

    03/02/2023 — Harsh Thakor
  • Remembering Shanti Bhushan

    Remembering Shanti Bhushan

    02/02/2023 — Dr Aurobindo Ghose
  • CPI (ML)Leader Ranajit Singh passes Away

    CPI (ML)Leader Ranajit Singh passes Away

    26/01/2023 — Harsh Thakor
  • We are letting down the legacy of architect B.V.Doshi

    We are letting down the legacy of architect B.V.Doshi

    25/01/2023 — Vidyadhar Date

Arts/Literature

The incredible story of how East African culture shaped the music of a state in India

The incredible story of how East African culture shaped the music of a state in India

05/02/2023 — Dr Sayan Dey

The term Siddi refers to Afro-Indians – Africans who mixed with Indians through marriage and relationships. Africans crossed the Indian Ocean and arrived in India during the 1200s, 1300s and 1400s. They were transported by Islamic invaders and Portuguese colonisers as enslaved people, palace guards, army chiefs, harem keepers, spiritual leaders, Sufi singers, dancers and treasurers. Today, the majority of Siddis are found in the west[Read More…]

  • LA VIE EN ROSE

    LA VIE EN ROSE

    05/02/2023 — David Sparenberg
  •  Ennu Swantham  Sreedharan – A Moving Tale of Examples that Go Over Precepts

     Ennu Swantham  Sreedharan – A Moving Tale of Examples that Go Over Precepts

    03/02/2023 — Col. Reji Koduvath (Retd)
  • Lay Red Roses

    Lay Red Roses

    01/02/2023 — Mitali Chakravarty
  • Why success of the movie ‘Pathan’ matters?

    Why success of the movie ‘Pathan’ matters?

    29/01/2023 — T Navin

Book Review

Lives In Acting

Lives In Acting

29/01/2023 — John Scales Avery

A new, freely downloadable, book I would like to announce the publication of a new book, entitled “Lives in Acting”. The pdf file of the book may be downloaded and circulated free of charge from the following link: https://eacpe.org/content/uploads/2023/01/Lives-in-Acting-by-John-Scales-Avery.pdf It is part of my series of books on cultural history. Human history as cultural history We need to reform our[Read More…]

  • The 1619 Project – A New Origins Story

    The 1619 Project – A New Origins Story

    20/01/2023 — Jim Miles
  • Imagining Palestine – Cultures of Exile and National Identity

    Imagining Palestine – Cultures of Exile and National Identity

    14/01/2023 — Jim Miles
  • ‘Malevolent Republic – A Short History of the New India’ review: Why the India founded in 1947 is dead

    ‘Malevolent Republic – A Short History of the New India’ review: Why the India founded in 1947 is dead

    14/01/2023 — P Radhakrishnan
  • “Jane Austen and the Black Hole of British History” – Expose Ignored Holocausts & Genocides

    “Jane Austen and the Black Hole of British History” – Expose Ignored Holocausts & Genocides

    13/01/2023 — Dr Gideon Polya

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Farewell to Sasi etta, brother K.P. Sasi

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Our beloved K.P.Sasi is no more. Filmmaker, cartoonist, writer, mentor, friend and above all tireless activist championing the cause of every underdog, Sasi breathed his last, mid-afternoon this Christmas day –  after battling a medical condition for months. I remember the last time I met him, almost exactly a month before he passed away, at the ayurvedic healing center in[Read More…]

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