I tend to have very strong opinions, so my contempt for the increasing “stupidification” of India is hardly a secret. This is a cause for alarm, because it is indeed […]
Some thoughts on rising intolerance, paranoia and plain irrationality Read More »
This post speaks for itself. Harbir Singh is basically calling for violence against Muslims. I am writing this blog to preempt overreactions and suggest that the only correct answer to what is
Columnist Harbir Singh makes an illegal post calling for mass violence against Muslims Read More »
A guest post by Hari Prasad on the propaganda prevailing in India, the nature of it and the implications it has for the country and its ability to understand its
Wake up. It’s Propaganda – the A to Z of it Read More »
Hindu festivals and dilemma among the Ambedkarites. It’s a festival season. Time for celebrations, get-togethers, delicacies and wait, *rituals*. Here begins the confusion among some groups. What do they mean
Hindu festivals and dilemma among the Ambedkarites. Read More »
The following is a first person account by Md Hasanujjaman, M Phil in English, University of Hyderabad of the brutality unleashed by the police against the students and faculty of University of Hyderabad. I
A Narration of Police Brutality at the University of Hyderabad Read More »
If you’ve spent enough time on Twitter, you would’ve found out it’s dominated by the right-wing. BJP IT Cell members were originally on Twitter to promote Modi as a PM
Poisonous propaganda of the online right-wing machinery Read More »
This post began life as an attempt to boost the response to the latest wave of targeted violence and/or State-sponsored suppression of civil liberties in Chhattisgarh. Even as I typed
A History of, and Response to, Disproportionate Violence Read More »
The Indian socio-political space is polarized as never before. The religious and economic right wings came together in an unprecedented show of solidarity and gave India its first Prime Minister who
Does the argumentative Indian really exist? Read More »
Dhammachakra Pravartan Din at Deekshabhoomi “I have no Motherland’ Ambedkar once said to Gandhi, in frustration following the treatment dalits received in 20th Century. However, even if today an educated chunk belonging
Indian media un-noticed lakhs celebrating Dhammachakra Pravartan Din Read More »
