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Books & Films, Latest PostsJanuary 31, 2025<January 31, 2025

Paatal Lok 2: A Tale of Power & Plunder

The new web series, season 2 of Pataal Lok, presents a gripping tale of power & plunder in the Northeastern state of Nagaland.

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Editor's Picks, OpinionJanuary 22, 2025<February 4, 2025

Squid Games: A Peek into Hobbesian Capitalist Utopia & Rousseauian Resistance

The Squid Games universe presents the essence of the neoliberal democratic order in another existential sense: the commodification of life.

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Insight, Latest PostsSeptember 3, 2021<March 17, 2023

Charles Lynch & His Legacy: A Brief History Of Lynching

The history of ‘Lynching,’ as discussed above, shows that means are equally, and in some cases, more important than ends.

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Biography, Latest PostsAugust 4, 2021<March 17, 2023

Habba Khatun: The Peasant Queen & Poetess Of Kashmir

Habba Khatun, the peasant queen, poet & singer is the ‘originator of love-lyrics in Kashmiri literature.’

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Latest Posts, OpinionMay 31, 2021<March 17, 2023

Here’s The Real Reason Why Baba Ramdev Attacks Modern Medicine

Ramdev’s attack on modern medicine is motivated by more than just economic interest.

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Latest Posts, OpinionJanuary 22, 2021<March 17, 2023

Here’s How The BJP Is Appropriating Rabindranath Tagore

The BJP’s recently found love for Tagore is not an outcome of genuine appreciation. It is a product of realpolitik.

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Latest Posts, OpinionNovember 27, 2020<March 17, 2023

The Politics Of Manufactured Outrage

The ‘culture of offendedness’ threatens freedom of speech & expression in artistic endeavours, scuttles reform.

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Latest Posts, OpinionAugust 11, 2020<March 16, 2023

Is India A Hindu Rashtra?

Hindutva extremists have hijacked India’s secularism. Can we conclude that we are already in a Hindu Rashtra?

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Latest Posts, PolicyAugust 5, 2020<March 16, 2023

India’s New National Education Policy, Much Like The Caste System, Reinforces Inequality

The National Education Policy 2020, shrouded in flowery language, advances a Neo-liberal agenda & reinforces inequality.

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Editor's Picks, OpinionJuly 9, 2020<March 16, 2023

Why The Modi Government Is Pushing The Idea Of Atmanirbhar Bharat

“Atmanirbhar Bharat” is merely a mantra, a catch phrase, that pushes forward a neo-liberal agenda.

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Books & Films, Editor's PicksMay 13, 2020<March 14, 2023

The Rise & Rise Of Disaster Capitalism In Modi’s India

The free market radicals are using the shock of the pandemic to clean the cold storage of economic reforms.

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