Defining Urban Naxal: A Tribute to Prof. Romila Thapar

The current debate revolving around “urban naxals” received a heightened attention owing to the following statement by Prof. Romila Thapar, an eminent historian. “We were all born Indians, lived as Indians More...

Anti-Statism in the Indian Media and Academia: An Investigation of Sources

What is ‘anti-statism’? What do I mean by ‘anti-statism’? It usually is defined as an intense dislike for any form of intrusion by the state into any aspect of human existence – social, economic, or personal. More...

Dangerous Liaisons: When your Father is an Urban Naxal

In 1991 my father, a lifelong communist, took me to the holy of holies of the CPM – AKG Centre in Trivandrum. This is literally the Kerala communist’s war room, where senior comrades work, eat, sleep – and More...