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Till just the other day, they were committing suicide, while some of them were demonstrating in Jantar Mantar, Delhi, humiliating themselves by disrobing and eating rats, trying in vain to draw the attention of the political establishment to their plight.  And to pour salt on their wounds, BJP leaders were saying that committing suicide had … Continue reading The Kisan Charter – ‘Farmers are not just a residue from our past but int

Following is a statement of Jadavpur University alumni on the current controversy around the scrapping of the entrance examination by the university authorities.  There is also a Change.org petition that has been put up for those wanting to sign. Over 5075 people have signed the petition at last count.

[This is a statement of solidarity endorsed and signed by over 200 intellectuals, artists, academicians, lawyers, journalists, and students in support of the five arrested in connection with Bhima-Koregaon case.

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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

देख ज़िन्दां के परे, रंग-ए-चमन, जोश-ए-बहार रक्स करना है तो पॉंव की ज़ंजीर न देख – मजरूह सुल्तानपुरी Look –  beyond the the prison walls, the brilliance of flowers, the vitality of spring If you must dance, ignore the chains that bind your feet – Majrooh Sultanpuri Today, the scared Republic that has imprisoned its … Continue reading A Revolution Called Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’ – the Republic on Trial

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.

[A shorter version  of this article was published in The Wire on 18 December. I thank K. Satyanarayana, P. Sanal Mohan and Jangam Chinnaiah for their very helpful comments on it, which have helped me to clarify and elaborate on certain points.] The rise of Jignesh Mevani constitutes a significant landmark in the political configuration in … Continue reading The Meaning of Jignesh Mevani