Since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic, several statements have been propagated about “immunity boosting” substances such as mustard oil, hydroxychloroquine and tea; alternative remedies claiming to provide either immunity or cure; and remedial effects of cow urine or even taweez. Some of these assertions were also supported by a few government functionaries at the … Continue reading Public Statement on Alternate Cures →
Guest post by KRISHNANUNNI HARI This essay emerged as a response to the following question that was raised during a Q&A session that I had run on social media: “How does one tackle people who amalgamate veganism with upper caste vegetarianism?” The immediate answer to this is that veganism avoids all animal products and all … Continue reading Exploring Possibilities for Critical Alliances Between Animal Rights and Bahujan Politics: Krish
Guest post by MAYA JOHN On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Karl Marx, the greatest intellectual of the millennium, it is best to steer clear of hero-worshipping. Instead, let us commemorate Marx’s ideas by re-enacting his way of knowing things. Much can be drawn from his writings wherein we can see Marx reinvigorating … Continue reading Remembering Marx in Lockdown Times – Beyond the “Corona” Paradigm: Maya John →
The Supreme Court also wants to reduce the Covid-19 risks posed by overcrowded jails, but there is little progress so far. Late in March, Sirous Asgari, a materials science and engineering professor from Iran, who is at present detained by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), had warned about the “inhumane” conditions at … Continue reading Why Activists Want Prisons Decongested →
‘The workers’ and peasants’ government… calls upon all the belligerent peoples and their government to start immediate negotiations for a just, democratic peace. By a just or democratic peace, for which the overwhelming majority of the working class and other working people of all the belligerent countries, exhausted, tormented and racked by the war are … Continue reading The Many Debts We Owe to Lenin →
THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF A THREE PART POST, THE FIRST PART OF WHICH CAN BE READ HERE. Forced labour and data capitalism are the low end and high end of Coronacapitalism. Let us examine each of these. Forced labour The gut-wrenching picture of migrant workers who managed to reach Bareilly, being sprayed with … Continue reading Part II – The Virus, the Muslim and the Migrant: Forced labour and data capitalism →
One of the effects of the pandemic in Kerala, like in most other parts of the world, is that the government’s narrative muffles all other narratives, and this is not just about the containment of the pandemic. Here the government’s narrative about the pandemic enjoys far greater legitimacy than elsewhere, and with good reason. It … Continue reading The Limits of Public Health Management: Time to Rethink Development in Kerala →
Guest Post by Team Umang Library Remembering Great Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan on his hundredth death anniversary … Continue reading ‘The Man Who Knew Infinity’ : Team Umang Library →
[This the third instalment of a series on ‘Life After Capitalism – A Manifesto of Hope’. Earlier parts can be accessed Part I here and Part II here. Part IV can be accessed here.] Yesterday was V. I. Lenin’s 150th birth anniversary and just the other day I read a report of a … Continue reading Fascism, the Revolt of the ‘Little Man’ and Life After Capitalism – Manifesto of Hope III →
PART I OF A THREE PART POST The term Comvid 14 is gratefully borrowed from Tony Joseph who defined it in a Facebook post as Communalvirus (Comvid 2014), the incubation period for which could be as long as six to seven years. Over fifty percent of infected people remain asymptomatic carriers, the rest going into … Continue reading The Virus, the Muslim and the Migrant: Part I – Comvid 14 →
