Hindustan Times’ Incomplete Report on the RSS
On 22 September 2014, this report from Hindustan Times speaks of the RSS’s new found agenda of absorbing Dalits into the larger Hindu fold by rewriting history. The report goes on to mention how following the triumph of the NDA in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the RSS has stepped up its attempts to “validate” a unified Hindu identity by coalescing More...
Will Rahul Gandhi make the Congress irrelevant?
Dissent is the hallmark of democracy, as long as it is not directed at the Congress party. The catastrophe faced by the Congress in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections finally woke up the senior leaders from their slumber. More...
Sagarika Ghose must go to school
On 17 September, 2014 in an op-ed on Times of India titled ‘Rename secularism. Call it ‘dharma’ or righteous administration,’ senior columnist and former news anchor Sagarika Ghose claimed among other things: Secularism More...
KM Munshi: Forgotten Soldier of Operation Polo
On this day about seven decades ago a momentous event took place in the history of Independent India as the Indian Army through their valor and meticulous preparation, made the process of Hyderabad joining the Indian More...
BJP’s reverses and analysis paralysis
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s dismal performance in Assembly by-polls has elicited pro-forma reaction from rival parties and intellectuals. There is considerable déjà vu and not inconsiderable glee, especially More...
Nothing to celebrate about Periyar
Today is the 135th birth anniversary of Erode Venkata Ramaswamy Naicker, or as he is affectionately called Periyar (the Great Man). In the birth anniversaries of great men who are no longer with us, it is the More...
Remembering Sharatbabu
We are often disheartened to hear news of abject poverty, mistreatment of women, as well as social injustice flashed around in newspapers. These kinds of news give rise to the question: which way this nation is More...
No rest for Mr. Modi
The Narendra Modi regime is focused on speeding up clearances, especially for infrastructure projects, and oiling the government machinery rather than going for big-bang economic reforms. The idea seems to be grabbing More...
Stalin’s Apologetic Atheism
On 31 August there was a buzz on social media as DMK leader M.K. Stalin was damned by his supporters for allegedly greeting people on the Ganesh Chaturthi via his social media accounts. Stalin’s party rushed to More...
Mahatma Ayyankali—A brief profile
On 8 September 2014, a historic moment was witnessed as for the first time, the celebrations of Dalit icon Mahatma Ayyankali’s birth anniversary was attended by the Prime Minister of India.Mahatma Ayyankali was More...