Achin Vanaik

 Secularism, Communalism and Indian Politics Today : Professor Achin Vanaik

The 15 th lecture in the Democracy Dialogues Series will be delivered by Prof Achin Vanaik on Sunday, 27 th February at 6 PM (IST)  He will be speaking on  ‘Secularism, Communalism and Indian Politics Today‘  Speaker  Writer and Social Activist, Former Professor of Political Science at Delhi University Prof Achin Vanaik is a fellow … Continue reading  Secularism, Communalism and Indian Politics Today : Professor Achin Vanaik →

To Gain a View of the Elephant – India, History, Modernity, and Marx : Ravi Sinha

Guest Post by Ravi Sinha (Marx Bicentennial lecture – Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, March 16, 2018) etaddhastidarshana iva jatyandhah That is like people blind by birth viewing an elephant. (Shankaracharya’s bhasya on Chandogya-Upanisad 18.1)[1]   It was six blind men of Indostan, To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them … Continue reading To Gain a View of the Elephant – India, History, Modernity, and Marx : Ravi Sinha