Right watch

Behavioural psychologists say hatred and fear are two sides of the same coin. That explains the Hindu Right obsession with Gandhi and Godse.

This is the second part of a series of reports on Jawaharlal Nehru University (2016-2021) by the JNU Teachers’ Association. Part I – Delhi High Court Orders can be found here. Growing Concerns over Security on JNU Campus This statement, the second in the series brought out by JNUTA, focuses on the unprecedented deterioration of security … Continue reading JNUTA Report on the university 2016-2021 Part II – Security on JNU Campus →

Farmers break barricades to enter Delhi, peacefully, disciplined.  Police have blocked off roads, but people gather along the roads, on rooftops, to greet our heroes.   At NH 24, Patparganj around 12.30 pm For live, and unbiased coverage, stay tuned to this link. Kisan Ekta Morcha And a short video here Bharti Kisan Union Ekta … Continue reading Reclaiming the Republic – January 26, 2021 →

Eminent political economist and public intellectual, Prof Prabhat Patnaik, delivered the 7th Democracy Dialogues Series lecture on ‘From Neo-Liberalism to Neo-Fascism’ organised by the New Socialist Initiative on January 24, 2021, 6 PM IST Facebook : facebook.com/newsocialistinitiative.nsi Abstract: FROM NEO-LIBERALISM TO NEO-FASCISM There has of late been a sudden and rapid growth of neo-fascism all … Continue reading From Neo-liberalism to Neo-fascism : Prof Prabhat Patnaik →

Guest post by RAJINDER CHAUDHARY कई लोगों को यह गलतफहमी है कि नए कृषि कानूनों से केवल किसान और वो भी केवल पंजाब के किसान परेशान हैं. दिल्ली की सिंघु सीमा से आन्दोलन स्थल के फोटो जिनमें सिक्ख किसानों की भरमार होती है, को देख कर यह गलतफहमी किसी भी अनजान व्यक्ति को हो सकती.

This is the first part of a series of reports on Jawaharlal Nehru University (2016-2021) by the JNU Teachers’ Association. On 26th January 2021, the five-year tenure of Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar as Vice Chancellor of JNU will formally come to an end. While there are press reports that confirm that the Search Committee constituted for … Continue reading JNUTA Report on the university 2016-2021 Part I – Delhi High Court orders →

Statement by MEDIA FOUNDATION The Media Foundation notes with deep dismay that a lower court in Gujarat’s Kutch region has issued an arrest warrant against senior journalist Mr Paranjoy Guha Thakurta in a defamation case filed by the Adani group. In June 2017, Mr Thakurta co-authored an expose in the Economic & Political Weekly outlining … Continue reading Condemn the arrest warrant against Paranjoy Guha Thakurta: Media Foundation →

It is a mischievous denigration of constitutional principles and values which declare every human equal and bar discrimination. “A Hindu is an automatic patriot and can never be an anti-national.” Remember the line? It is of Mohan Bhagwat, the Sangh supremo, who was at his best last week, at the launch of the book, Making of … Continue reading Mohan Bhagwat’s Divisive Mantra on Automatic Patriotism →

Guest post by GANESH DEVY 9 January 2021  As a spontaneous reaction to the failure of the government to bring the discussions with the farmers to a conclusion even after eight rounds of discussion, many farmer-organizations in North Karnataka took out a tractors protest rally today. A broad-spectrum of farmer organizations, civil society organizations and … Continue reading Farmers’ discontent – a report from Karnataka: Ganesh Devy →