Rendering Justice for Palestine
The discovery of a poster with picture of mass murderer Netanyuhu and 'Wanted' as caption has caused consternation in Delhi police and EAM.Hot search is on for the person who…
Hiren Gohain
The Mahmudabad Case: Justice Must Have a Heart
Remember what had happened in the case of Stan Swamy? An ailing priest of the church knowing the end was near after a prolonged illness and casual treatment in jail,…
Campaign Against Ideology
An idea pursued with unusual vigour by the postmodernist camp was the alleged 'end of ideology', which actually masked the deadly contradictions of the capitalist system during a period of…
Puncturing The Hyper-Real
One of the most pernicious legacies of postmodernism has been the idea of the 'hyper-real.' Its import,to put it bluntly,is modern man's immersion in the world of the images constantly…
Khmer Rouge Monsters: Untold Half of Story
There are two popular adages that could serve as our compass as we grope our way through the dense ruins overgrown with tropical vegetation of unwelcome historical memories."It is the…
Challenge of Opposition Unity
When in 1960 or 1961 the mad scramble for a seat in the bus during office hours in Delhi that took place regularly at bus stops(cars were still a luxury…
Erasing The Past
How dare the BJP speak for all Hindus?It is shocking and outrageous that a Chief Minister of a state inflamed passions in his state by expressing hatred at the fact…
Morphology of the Beast
There is not much point really in hair-splitting debate on the degree of fascism of a party in power.I think we should direct more attention to the balance of forces…
The Question of ‘Indian Knowledge System’
The circular from UGC on mandatory inclusion of 'Indian Knowledge System' in their curriculum that is doing the rounds of the country's institutions of higher learning has been accepted with…
Trumpism And Neoliberal Crisis
Trump who has emerged from the collapse of the so-called new world economic order appears like the spirit of raw,savage capitalism incarnate.He combines in himself qualities of early capitalist adventurers…
Elephant In The Room
Since 2019, according to wildlife experts 200 elephants have been put in trucks with feet shackled by heavy chains and transported to Ambani's new wildlife resort.It appears to be quite…
Mystery of Indus Valley Script
The Tamil Nadu Government has announced a one million dollar prize for cracking the Indus Valley script.During the last century numerous attempts have been made on the language it represents.Even…
Shaken Scales Of Justice
The BJP government in Assam had crowed after the 2021 election that going by the results the people of Assam did not have any grievance over the adoption of CAA,…
Enough of this Shadow-Boxing
The Congress led opposition has failed to make out who or what had hit them so hard from behind in the last elections.EVMs,last minute sops, communal or any other ignoble…
Salutation To A Train
Considering the hassles of modern travel in India today I find travelling a wretched business at my age.But my close relations fear that such an outlook could foster narrow ideas…
The Mere Anarchy of Law
India that is more Bharat these days is a democracy,which proclaims to the whole world that unlike socialist dictatorships is ruled by law.It has become quite difficult to understand what…
The Lost Ethical Dimension
What immediately follows news breaks reporting yet another attack on a Muslim peddler or Muslim milkman on his way back from a fairground with a newly acquired cow,is usually analysis…
Populism, Democracy And Fascism
Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra's new edition that focuses on Nyay or justice as a major factor in establishing unity and harmony was largely a Congress venture though some partners…
The Odds We Face
I hope my readers all dislike and would like to join the united resistance against fascism.At the moment fight is going on in the parliamentary i.e.the electoral front.Here BJP has…
Unhappy New Year
The fag-end of the just ended last year was filled with ominous portents for the democratic character and heritage of our country.The Parliament so far alive with vibrant and often…
Getting Lost In The Wild East
It is a matter of shame that 75 years after the country won independence and more than thirty years after the tumult of the Assam Movement even otherwise well-informed and…
Some Current Political Concerns
Emboldened by what appears a landslide victory the BJP party and government is gearing up for an early election.Draft electoral rolls are already out in Assam.Strike the iron when it…
Justice And Political Neutrality
Decades ago,long before there was any hint of a Hindutva wave in the country, I had ventured to contest on the pages of ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY a view of…
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