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Heading Towards Brahmin Rashtra? Attacks on AMU, JAMIA and JNU
Are we heading towards real freedom movement? Reflection on attacks on AMU, Jamia, and JNU students.
So, yesterday, ABVP goons attacked JNU students and left injured not only students but teache…
Democratic Nationalism v/s Brahmin-Bania axis
In a clear display of public anger over the divisive politics of RSS/BJP, the youths in India have taken to streets. In almost all the agitations, the citizens are reading preamble, swearing …
The Modern Buddhism and Its Followers in Orissa (Book Review)
Nagendranath Vasu authored this book and it was published in the year 1911. Its preface is written by Haraprasad Shastri who wrote extensively on Buddhism in that era. We find references of Shastri…
CAA, NRC and Lies Peddled by BJP
How can people at high position speak lies with so much confidence? That NRC was not discussed anywhere is absolutely ‘stunning’ to hear from our prime minister. I am not sure when he was in Parlia…
Two Events of December 25th, The Symbolic Victory of Good Over Evil
25th December is a significant day for millions of lovers of social justice in India. On this day in 1927, Babasaheb Ambedkar got burnt the Manu Smriti and on this day in 1954, he got installed the…
Why JNUeu Revolutionaries Are Silent Over The Death Of More Than 100 Children In Congress Ruled Rajasthan?
More than 100 kids have died in Kota, Rajasthan, no one from Congress-ruled state seemed concerned about the death of children. None wants to raise the issue, why?
Is it because Rajasthan is bei…
Two Battles: Kalinga and Koregaon
Battles have been notable events in human history. Many battles have been fought and the outcomes of the battles changed the cause of religions, nations, tribes, and communities.
The battle of K…
Projects of Hindutva – CAA and All India NRC
“The crimson glow of light on the horizon is the light of thy dawn of peace, my motherland, It is the glimmer of the funeral pyre burning to ashes, Flesh – the self-love of the nation – dead under …
Highly Disruptive CAA-NRC
Modi-Shah’s decision to pass the CAA and extend NRC to the whole of India has provoked nationwide spontaneous protests. These are without any political leader and cut across communities led mainly …
3rd January in Dalit History – Remembering Jaipal Singh Munda: Unsung Hockey Champion Who Won An Olympic Gold For India
It wasn’t Subhash Chandra Bose alone who turned down the Indian Civil Service. Jaipal Singh Munda did, too, and went on to become the voice of the Adivasis in the Constituent Assembly, where he spo…
D for Democracy, Not Dictatorship
Going by the book, Democracy is the system of governing for the people, by the people, and of the people. Apart from this, what people know about democracy is that the elected representatives engag…
Poomani’s Vekkai in the Times of Nexus between Criminal Society and State.
कठीण आला काळ,
मातीशी तुटे नाळ,
युगाचा अंध खेळ,
डोळेच केले गहाळ.
सावात दिसे चोर,
घुबडात दिसे मोर,
लहानात दिसे थोर,
थोरात दिसे पोर.
– Ballad from the movie ‘Court’
There …
Confused Intellect – Treacherous Policy: Final National Education Policy 2019
Author – Harishchandra Sukhdeve
Modi government think tank had presented the draft National Education Policy 2019 (DraftNEP2019} in June 2019 after four years of ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking. It wa…
Brahmins and Brahminism – Can the two be separated?
This article is a reply to those Brahmin sympathisers who give the impression that the two can be separated as if the followers of any ideology can continue having the same identity even after reje…
How To Study Buddhist Texts In The Present Context?
Traditionally, Buddhist canonical literature is divided into Vinaya pitaka, sutta pitaka, and Abhidhamma pitaka. This classification is valid in almost all Buddhist traditions. Added to this body o…