In one of the strangest contradictions, while the US's support for Israel has always been unwavering, driven largely by many influential supporters of Israel, a section of the American Jewish…
In the current era of excessive social-media consumption, the so-called content-creator and influencer is king - or queen. Increasingly, we seem to have offloaded our abilities of social, political and…
By all accounts, the US is a highly policed and regulated state. There are rules, limits and boundaries for everything, including social protests. How to picket on a sidewalk (no…
From Yeola in 1935, when Dr. Ambedkar announced that he would not die a Hindu, to Nagpur in 1956 when he converted to Buddhism, is a considerable distance in time. But, there…
Some political commentators have wondered why the BJP made the Bengal elections such a big deal. Former minister Yashwant Sinha puts forth the opinion on the NDTV site that it was…
It will be considered no mean feat to outdo the likes of President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil. At every step of the corona crisis, he maintained a head-in-the-sand, denialist attitude. He…
Cornel West is a very well-known African-American scholar. In fact, he should be better described as a scholar-activist, one of a rare breed of people in the world today. His…
As the world watches in fascinated horror, the US's election-results fiasco drags on. Donald Trump, who now presides over the greatest UnReality Show, has been unequivocally told, "You're Fired." Yet,…
Sep 28 marks important days in the lives of two revered icons of revolutionary action in India - Bhagat Singh and Shankar Guha Niyogi. Both exemplified a sense of identification…
The BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP, Swapan Dasgupta, in an opinion piece titled The rise of the proud, global Hindu which appeared after the Aug 5 Bhoomi Pujan at Ayodhya, mentioned …
One of the most distinguishing features of the Shaheen Bagh protests, all around the country in their various manifestations, was their lack of any overt ideology. The first encampment in…
On Tuesday Mar 24, prime minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day total lockdown across India to “break the chain” of the coronavirus spread. The lockdown kind of a feeling has…
We cannot be absolutely sure if the “Janta Curfew” (People’s Curfew) advocated by PM Narendra Modi in his speech to the nation about the corona-virus is in earnest (for the…
The stories of Yes Bank’s troubles, close on the heels of the crisis in DHFL, come as traumatic reminders to many of us. Add to this the cases against…
One can probably sense the cynicism and the scoffs right away, given that the title of this piece seems to make almost a preposterous comparison. But, patience is requested, and…
When Winter Came, the Power of the People Blazed On The brave protesters at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi have been on protest since Dec 15 after the brutal attack on…
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