क्या ऐसा शख़्स, जिसने अंग्रेज़ सरकार के पास माफ़ीनामे भेजे, जिन्ना से पहले धर्म के आधार पर राष्ट्र बांटने की बात कही, भारत छोड़ो आंदोलन के समय ब्रिटिश सेना में हिंदू युवाओं की भर्ती का अभियान चलाया, भारतीयों के दमन में अंग्रेज़ों का साथ दिया और देश की आज़ादी के अगुआ महात्मा गांधी की हत्या की साज़िश … Continue reading सावरकर को भारत रत्न देना आज़ादी के नायकों का
BJP’s poll promise of Bharat Ratna for Savarkar, who inspired a wide spectrum of fanatic individuals and violent organisations, shows the moral vacuousness of the Hindutva project “The curious fact is that as we move into the 21st century, historians have become central to politics. We historians are the monopoly suppliers of the past. The … Continue reading Savarkar, India’s ’Ratna’ of a Different Kind! →
The Sangh’s obsession with vocabulary is not innocent. The speech by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supremo Mohan Bhagwat on its foundation day (Dusshera) has now become an event, watched with interest. The speech itself has a long tradition within the organisation, which all its affiliated (anushangik) bodies look upon as a guiding light. This year … Continue reading Will Lynching in Bharat Be Called Vaddh? →
The Hindu Right is analogous to Right-wing regimes elsewhere. As Brazil’s Far Right rises, army man Ustra (who died in 2015), who tortured hundreds, is becoming a cult figure of a kind. Image Courtesy: Wikipedia The popularity of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, which present female role models before young readers, has proved rather phenomenal. … Continue reading India’s Answer to Brazil’s Ustra →
Guest post by SABIHA FARHAT [भारतीय-हिन्दू मिथकों और परम्परा पर लंबे समय से लिखते आ रहे बुद्धिजीवी श्री देवदत्त पट्टनायक अपनी एक ट्वीट में एक लाजवाब बात कही .
This is the fourth in a series titled Against Aachaaram: A Dossier from Malayalam on Kafila. The note below is by J Devika. The excerpt from the essay by Kuttippuzha Krishna Pillai is translated by UTHARA GEETHA. The formation of the linguistic state of Kerala was the culmination of a long process of negotiation around Malayalam as a … Continue reading Against Aachaaram : Kuttippuzha Krishna Pillai on the veneration of Parasurama →
Ms. Amruta Fadanavis – wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadanavis – found herself at the centre of controversy two weeks back. Her birthday greetings to PM Modi – whom she wished ‘Father of Our Country @narendramodiji a very Happy Birthday -…’ – on her twitter evoked reaction from twitterati. Her ‘height of ignorance’, was … Continue reading New India – New Father of Nation? →
Guest Post by SASHEEJ HEGDE A thought is a tremendous form of excitement. [Alfred N. Whitehead] We are concerned with the imagination, and the vaguely functionalist remarks we noticed before are not the sketch of an explanation, but an aid to the imagination, to make a different practice a more familiar idea to us, and … Continue reading Education on Education – Reclamation, and Other Mediations: Sasheej Hegde →
What will happen when these two meet on the debate stage?by Thomas NeuburgerAfter the third Democratic primary debate, Julián Castro was widely criticized for suggesting that Joe Biden might be disturbingly forgetful — "Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?
Periyar : Image – Courtesy velivada.com क्या अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता का अधिकार महज आस्थावानों के लिए ही लागू होता है ? कभी कभी साधारण से प्रश्न का उत्तर पाने के लिए भी अदालती हस्तक्षेप की जरूरत पड़ती है। मद्रास उच्च न्यायालय की – न्यायमूर्ति एस मनिकुमार और सुब्रहमण्यम प्रसाद की – द्विसदस्यीय डिवीजन बेंच को … Continue reading ‘ईश्वर नहीं है’ कहने का अधिकार →
