The following statement has been signed by students and faculty from universities across the world. You may sign on by adding your name in the comments section. In solidarity with the School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU We, the undersigned students and faculty members in art history, cinema studies, and other concerned academic departments across … Continue reading [Statement] In solidarity with students and faculty at JNU
The raging controversy over the cover of a breastfeeding woman looking up with no shame about her exposed breast has, quite expectedly, sent conservative fools in Kerala into a raving frenzy. The case against the model and the conservative breast-beating going on now must be dismissed summarily as useless bullshit. However, I must say that … Continue reading Breastfeeling, not Breastfeeding
This is a guest post by V J VARGHESE The aborted move of giving the Emigration Check Required (ECR) passports a distinct look by orange-jacketing them was arguably driven by reasons of administrative expediency. Though unexplained officially, the aim was to ensure discreet and dedicated handling of the large number of ECR passport-holders emigrating from … Continue reading ECR Devoid of Orange is Still a Deterring Passport: V J Varghese
Guest post by TEJAL KHANNA It is often advised that civil disobedience in the form of breaking a law must not be practiced under a democracy. It is because democracy by giving the space for open discussion prevents a situation wherein people are compelled to think of civil disobedience.
Guest Post by Parnal Chirmuley This is the complete version of the edited text published as “Learning Without Regimentation: On Compulsory Attendance” published in The Hindu on February 19, 2018 It may, at first glance, seem odd that students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, are pouring out in the thousands in angry protest … Continue reading The Crisis in JNU – Calling out the Administration : Parnal Chirmuley
T T Sreekumar, an important commentator on contemporary politics in Kerala — a public intellectual who now qualifies to be an irritant in the eyes of the Kerala police, now that he has openly declared his allegiance to the dalit people fighting injustice and Vadayambady and inaugurated a protest-event there — writes about the issue … Continue reading The Festering Sore of the Caste-Wall at Vadayambady: T T Sreekumar
ജൈവ വൈവിധ്യ സംരക്ഷണത്തിന്റെയും വനസംരക്ഷണത്തിന്റെയും ഭാഗമായി വനം വകുപ്പ് ട്രക്കിംഗുകളും പരിസ്ഥിതി ക്യാമ്പുകളും ലോകത്താകമാനം സംഘടിപ്പിക്കാറുണ്ട്. എന്നാൽ അവിടെയൊന്നുമില്ലാത്ത വിലക്കാണ് കേരള സർക്കാരും വനം വകുപ്പും അഗസ്ത്യാർ കൂടം ട്രക്കിംഗിൽ സ്‌ത്രീകൾക്ക് ഏർപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്. ഭരണഘടന ഉറപ്പു നൽകുന്ന സ്‌ത്രീ പുരുഷ സമത്വം ഒരു സർക്കാർ സംവിധാനം തന്നെ ലംഘിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ ഭരണത്തിൽ പങ്കാളികളാവുന്ന രാഷ്‌ട്രീയ പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങളുടെ സ്‌ത്രീനേതൃത്വങ്ങൾ തങ്ങളുടെ നിലപാട് വ്യക്തമാക്കേണ്ടതുണ്ട്. കേരളത്തിലെ ഉയരം കൂടിയ രണ്ടാമത്തെ മലയാണ് അഗസ്ത്യാർ കൂടം.
I The recent reference to how the distribution of food in Malayali homes is often skewed against women by the actor Rima Kallingal in a recent talk has sparked off yet another round of attacks against feminists in Kerala. It is interesting to see how this seems to have brought together men of all political … Continue reading From Nangeli to Rima Kallingal: Who are fit to claim Nangeli’s Legacy?
( Photo courtesy : The hoot) (To be published in the special issue of ‘Janata’) The spectacle of what is called religion, or at any rate organised religion, in India and elsewhere, has filled me with horror and I have frequently condemned it and wished to make a clean sweep of it. Almost always … Continue reading Nehru, Ambedkar and Challenge of Majoritarianism
Guest Post by Umar Khalid I went to Maharashtra as I along with other activists and intellectuals were invited to come there. I along with others was a guest there. And I would remember fondly the love and support that I received in Pune and Mumbai.
