There are just no words left to express the anger and helplessness that overcame hundreds and thousands of people like me when they heard of the custodial murder of an ailing, frail, octogenarian, Fr Stanislaus Lourduswamy, known to the world as Stan Swamy.
Numb and wordless in grief, filled with rage against the murderous regime of the RSS, led by Modi and Shah, we raise our fists in salute to a gentle, inspiring man. Here is the statement Stan Swamy made on the eve of his arrest by the NIA, stating that false evidence had been planted on … Continue reading Salaam Father Stan Swamy! Warrior for the soul of India →
A slightly longer version of this post was published under a different title in Southasia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal (Issue 24/25, 2020) A young, successful, Hindi film actor died in tragic circumstances. What followed was a sensational real life movie, scripted in the headquarters of Hindu Rashtra, as part of its larger campaign to control the … Continue reading Sushant Singh Rajput, Hindu Rashtra and Bollywood →
The farmers’ struggle at the Delhi borders completed six months yesterday, the 26th of May. The day was observed as a Black Day all over the country, at the call of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM). Braving unprecedented cold, followed by rains and storm, the struggle has now moved into the cruelest part of Delhi’s … Continue reading Six Months of the Farmers’ Struggle – Looking Ahead →
Legendary freedom fighter and Civil Rights activist Harohalli Srinivasaiah Doreswamy popularly known as HS Doreswamy breathed his last yesterday. The 103 year-old Gandhian, who kept the ‘conscience of Karnataka till his very last breath, and was the tallest public intellectual, who appeased none and spared none‘ would be remembered for his enthusiasm for public causes … Continue reading Legendary freedom fighter HS Doreswamy is no more →
Guest post by IRSHAD RASHID ‘Something is rotten in the state of Denmark’, laments Hamlet, the Prince in the eponymous play by Shakespeare. Today everything seems rotten in the Indian State. The way lives are being lost amidst this raging pandemic – with the wilful indifference and callousness of the Indian State and its … Continue reading Image Management and Rhetoric – India’s Tale of Pandemic catastrophe: Irshad Rashid →
While Rome never burned, Nero never played the fiddle… Pragya Singh Thakur, the Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Bhopal, would never have imagined that the leading Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar would mark her return to her constituency after a 70-day gap with a sarcastic article published on its front page. The headline read, “He Digvijayi Sadhvi … Continue reading Missing footsoldiers seek positivity amid raging pandemic →
For more information on continuing Israeli attacks on Palestine, see Electronic Intifada and What is happening in Sheikh Jarra. Issued in 1981 Statement by Radical Socialist Resist the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians! Oppose Zionism in the Streets! Fight for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel. Radical Socialist holds that the very existence of Israel is … Continue reading Resist the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians: Radical Socialist →
A shorter version of this article appeared in Bangla earlier in Sahomon. The question of federalism and Centre-State relations has been on many people’s minds lately, given that the Centre in the Modi dispensation has been hell bent on usurping the powers of the states while slyly thrusting all responsibility on to their shoulders. As … Continue reading Why Federalism Must Become the Fulcrum Of Politics In Coming Days →
To sign this petition, please go to this link. Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) is deeply worried about Professor Hany Babu’s health, in wake of news that he is suffering from a serious eye infection that could lead to loss of vision in one eye. According to his family, he has little or no … Continue reading Hany Babu needs urgent medical treatment, release him now: CJP’s plea to Maharashtra CM →
