As the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and a historian, Gopalkrishna Gandhi provides a unique perspective on India's post-independence journey in The Undying Light: A Personal History of Independent India. His…
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subhas Chandra Ganguly A Commemorative Collection of Life Sketches in English and Bengali Edited by Frontier Collective 2024, GERMINAL PUBLICATIONS PVT. LTD., Pp 319, Price Rs. 500/- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most…
The Hood is a new novel by celebrated author, columnist and translator from Kashmir, Mushtaque B Barq. Barq has introduced a new phenomenon in the story line where Hoods of…
Prof. Arun Kumar Patnaik , Professor of Political Science and former dean of the school of social science ,University of Hyderabad, is a passionate and popular Gramscian teacher and researcher.…
Reds: The Tragedy of American Communism by Maurice Isserman—A Review Essay by Kim Scipes New York: Basic Books, 2024. ISBN: 97815416200321 (hardback) The issue of communism in the United States,…
Rice has a story that is anything but typical while being one of the most universal meals. "Not even the smartest housewife can cook without rice." From the earliest paddies…
In an era of intense Sinophobia, “China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity against Imperial Rivalry,” published by Haymarket Books is an important book. Most analyses of China emanating from…
Book name: Bihar Aur Sufivad Author: Syed Amjad Hussain Published; 27 April 2025 Publisher: Rajmangal Prakashan Pages: 308 | Price: 329 A Forgotten Legacy Remembered It is rare for a…
The course of events and legacy of India's foreign policy were critically examined by Harsh V. Pant and Anant Singh Mann in their understanding of the world. Assessing the order…
Soumyabrata Choudhury’s “Thoughts Of Gaza Far From Gaza”published by Navayana in 2024 is a valuable intellectual inquiry into the discordances of seeing a genocide unfolding in Gaza in real time…
A drinking game one night. The question came up, “What makes you jealous?” Several people, no longer constrained by inhibition, mentioned the usual things- status, money, power, looks. Others had…
There are several collections available of songs from social movements and some of these are much sought after. However the collection of songs being discussed here is one of its…
The following is the Introduction to my new book, At the Lost and Found (Clarity Press). My dear mother, who had an artistic temperament that tended at times toward the sentimental, liked…
Sunil Bhatt’s recently published book on travels and public meetings of Mahatma Gandhi in Hindi, titled Uttarakhand Mein Gandhi—Yatra aur Vichar’ provides a fascinating narrative on his ability to achieve…
Some people seem to have a charmed life. Mariam Dossal is one of them. She is the author of a number of books on history, has had a good academic…
There are very few books that have attempted to engage with the Northeast as a whole—each of its eight states. Samrat Choudhury’s “Northeast India: A Political History” published by Harper…
There is much talk in this age of heaving tech behemoths about the digital town square, where views can be aired with confidence, impunity and, at stages, disconcerting stupidity. Tech…
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was one of the most well-known independence fighters in India. He was also an influential figure whose ideas still inspire and guide many people today. Based…
‘He Who defied Death- Life and times of Professor G N Saibaba’, comprises a series of tributes to late Professor Saibaba. In this book, the reflections on Saibaba’s martyrdom have…
Amit Sengupta's A Sudden Golden Smile, arriving with the season of spring, is a prudent collection of contemporary and old essays, a carefully curated selection drawn from his pen's vast…
The Mother: A Life of Sri Aurobindo’s Spiritual Collaborator, Peter Heehs. Haryana: Harper Collins, 2025. Pp337. Often we don’t know what we have come here to do. Ultimately it hardly…
After reading the 512 page book titled "Rajnarayan is not a name but history" edited by my Lucknow friend Shahnawaz Ahmad Qadri, I am writing this article as a self-confession…
A Review of the book ‘The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown Indian’ (2024) by Neha Dixit “Thank God for women, humanity is alive!” Neha Dixit’s…
“We have seen the prison reforms in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, in some other states, apart from that, let me tell you, it makes no difference in this country, whichever government…
The book under review here, very simply titled ‘Mingas+Solidarity’ is a rare and invaluable book. It is rare because such books are seldom seen in print. It is invaluable because…
Zionists cling to and ceaselessly trumpet the belief—reflected in global media—that Jews form a distinct ethnic group, that Israel is the fulfilment of God’s promise to Abraham, and that the…
State, capitalism, Hindutva, and imperialism are no longer merely academic debates confined to seminar halls or distant wars and conflicts affecting unknown faces and destroying homes and habitats. These issues…
A Review of “Gaza Faces History” by Enzo Traverso. Other Press, 2024. As I write this review in February of 2025, the world is not what it was just 16…
The world is in danger, mind-numbingly so, from a combination of crises: disease, hunger, mass displacement, racial and economic inequality, war and the threat of more war, a rampaging climate…
A Review Much has been written in the alternative press over the past year about the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians and its other war crimes in Lebanon, Syria, Iran,…
ISBN: 978-0-316=49755-8 Paperback, 2024 Jeff Goodell’s latest book is a detailed examination of heat and its dangers on a warming planet. It deserves wide readership. Presented cogently and beautifully written…
Professor Jean-Pierre Filiu's book, Gaza: A History, which John King translated, is divided into five sections and sixteen chapters. It covers the history of Gaza from the time of the…
“If I must die, you must liveto tell my story” How do you tell the story of Refaat Alareer? For the friends of Refaat Alareer—husband, father of six, university professor, writer…
In the times when ‘unifying’ symbols are used as tools to homogenise, ‘diversity’ is only appropriated in the service of ‘unification’ project, the urgency of ‘pluriversality’ is felt more strongly.…
Sunderlal Bahuguna, the person most closely associated with the movements and campaigns to protect Himalayan forests, had travelled to more Himalayan villages than perhaps anyone else and was involved in…
The story of Rise and Fall of Labour Movement of Mumbai from 1853 to 2017. It’s a historical portrayal of Movement, it’s Birth, Growth, its achievements, the significant Milestones it…
'The Gujaratis—A Portrait of a Community', Salil Tripathi's most recent book, aims to draw attention to the uncommon traits of Gujaratis that the outside world is ignorant of. Gujaratis are…
In 'Iconoclast', Dr. Anand Teltumbde, a prominent scholar of the Dalit movement, delivers an in-depth biography of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, examining his journey as one of the most influential figures…
"Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right 1924-77", Abhishek Choudhary's biography of the late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, captures his early years and reveals how Vajpayee handled political and…
In Pursuit of Democracy: Beyond Party Lines, written by Najma Heptulla, is a fascinating account of her political career in India. Her remarkable career is covered in the book, including…
Trade Union Studies in UK and Kenya, Nigel Flanagan and Shiraz Durrani. Vita Books, Nairobi 2024. History is a story of class struggles with the working classes fighting for their…
A few months earlier to George Fernandes's 60th birthday (3rd June 1990), I met Johan Galtung, Professor of Peace Studies, University of Hawaii and Research Coordinator, UN University in Delhi…
In 'Caste and Revolution' by N. Ravi, the author addresses questions raised by Dalit and Bahujan intellectuals inspired by revolutionary parties. These questions centre on caste issues and seek to…
'The Shudra Rebellion', authored by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, presents a revolutionary perspective on Indian civilisation, shedding light on the overlooked contributions of Shudra nationalism. This work redefines the historical narrative…
A Review of “Blood in the Machine” by Brian Merchant George Santayana’s statement that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” is quoted most-often as an…
Contextualising Islamophobia in Indian Politics The scourge of Islamophobia has increased manifold globally in the recent times. Though it started from the West, but slowly it has crept into the…
One year into the Israel-U.S. genocidal war on Gaza, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in combat in Tal al-Sultan in Rafah. For Palestinians (and Arabs generally), he was a…
Perhaps in my reading list of books, this will have to be included in the most surprising book of the year 2024. That is why in the state level program…
by Alexandria Shaner and Tamara Pearson Activist-author Tamara Pearson discusses her new novel, The Eyes of the Earth, and how storytelling as resistance can unravel discourse, confront reality, and explore possibilities Empire…
If India is all about “inclusive development”, then why the need for Muslim role models at all? An Azim Premji may be among the top philanthropists today, but has it…
When I was researching for my latest book The Shudra Rebellion I went back into ancient Indian literature to find out whether there was a philosophical school called Agriculturism around…
Our friend Syed Shahnawaz Ahmad Qadri has done a great job by publishing a 480-page book titled 'Lahoo Bolta Bhi Hain' (The Muslim Characters of the Freedom Struggle) in 2017…
Every language has a different way of organising the world based on how it interprets time and space. A language is a distinct way of thinking as well as a…
The control of global agriculture has long been a tentacle of US state-corporate geopolitical strategy. The Green Revolution was exported courtesy of oil-rich interests, and poorer nations adopted Western agri-capital’s…
This is an extract from the author’s new book "Power Play: The Future of Food" In the annals of agrarian history, one particular movement has left a profound impact on…
After election defeats, political writers are quick to explain that if only the politicians had read my book and followed my advice, things would have been different for our side.…
In "How China Escaped the Poverty Trap", Yuen Yuen Ang provides a compelling analysis of China’s rapid economic transformation over recent decades. Rather than focusing on specific policies or economic…
The explosive growth in the use of weight-loss drugs is a supreme irony within a food system that creates the very chronic diseases that lead to obesity and a medical system that…
At a time when Israeli’s military continues its genocidal slaughter of the people of Gaza, mostly women and children, when torture of Palestinian prisoners reaches the depths of barbarity, when…
Jeff Schuhrke begins his new book, Blue Collar Empire, with a powerful story: how the CIA, operating through the offices of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees…
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