Opinion Pieces

Caste and its colonyThis tendency of undermining the lower castes & minorities is also witnessed in University Grants Commission draft proposal that wants to remove reservation in higher education recruitments

Spreading tentaclesDiasporic political interactions among transnational Hindu nationalists have witnessed a shift since the arrival of the internet. Digital media has revolutionised that interaction

Ashoka Election Fraud Paper Row: University is More Than its Administration | NewsClickThe paper on election manipulation by a faculty member is an academic work to judge on merit—not based on administrative ideas of political mileage or correctness.

Back to the streetUnlike what the mainstream media portray, streets are not only meant for the politics of dissent and protest, be they by farmers, students or marginalised communities

Bigoted melody'Hindutva pop' gaining popularity

Bluer pasturesGermany has emerged as a popular destination for Indians because of the work-life balance

Bourdieu beats WeberAs a socially constructed and socially embedded framework, common sense is variable and draws heavily from local morals, collective sentiments and imaginations

Surrogacy’s darker sideThere are several loopholes in the legal binding of the system that render the entire process problematic

A Vaccine and its Discontents | NewsClickHow Covid-19 vaccines are being advertised completely trivialises the hunt for a remedy to a deadly virus.

Coronavirus Shows Capitalism Has Failed Us: Are We Listening? | NewsClickEverybody knows now that an economy and society are meaningless if they cannot save human lives.

Covid Truth: Elite NRIs Are Dearer to Modi than Domestic Migrants | NewsClickTransnational migrants brought Covid-19 to India under the guardianship of the PM and gave the virus to the poor. The PM just watched and the middle class clapped.

Can India’s Power Elite Really be Trusted? | NewsClickNo, but if we trust Shaheen Bagh, act Shaheen Bagh and be Shaheen Bagh then Dilli door nahin!

Why Land is Meaningless Without People Who Inhabit it | NewsClickHuman-land relations are intimate, complex—unlike sarkari birth certificates.

The Idea of India Needs Constant War | NewsClickThe BJP can see it very well that its idea of India can now only survive and thrive through forced homogenisation, aggressive singularisation and imposition of a monolithic future plan.

Modi’s Second Term: Patriarchal Media and Hindutva Assertion | NewsClickWhy is it that in spite of being so overtly patriarchal, Modi came back to power? Is it because India is inherently patriarchal?

Politics of Mourning: A Tale of Two Cities | NewsClickInterestingly, the logic that enables us to call certain people terrorists and certain others just radicals also insists that we extend our sympathy almost organically to disasters, damages and calamities anywhere that is white.

Gender Crusader Or Market Moron, Will The Real Jack Dorsey Stand Up?| Countercurrents“We’re committing Twitter to help increase the collective health, openness, and civility of public conversation, and to hold ourselves publicly accountable

#Metoo Against The State When University Is Turned Into An Occupied Territory| CountercurrentsThe present Indian state is treating JNU as an occupied territory. State-sponsored violence and molestation against the students call for a #metoo moment

No-egg Diktat In West Bengal In Durga Pujo Is A Dangerous Trend Towards Cultural Homogenization In India!| CountercurrentsBengalis love to eat. To eat, is to live and not the other way round, for the fish-mongering meat-cravings ‘Bongs’. If life is a journey, then food is the

The Importance Of Being A Cow: A Mother Or A Meal?| CountercurrentsThe more conservative a society, the more is its ritualistic overtone, and vice versa. In other words, by the very definition of conservatism – an ideology

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