Category: Opinion
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Dissent in the times of COVID-19
Reading Time: 3 minutes The human race is stunned by the unprecedented rage of a virus. Moreover, the rightwing governments are utilising the opportunity to curb democratic rights.
An open letter to paramilitary constable Sunaina Patel from a brother
Reading Time: 3 minutes The media showed Constable Sunaina Patel fighting Maoists in Bastar despite being eight-month-pregnant but none asked why she didn’t get maternity leave.
Kejriwal’s silence on Delhi’s anti-Muslim pogrom is not just petty but alarming
Reading Time: 3 minutes The conspicuous silence of Arvind Kejriwal and his passive approach towards the anti-Muslim pogrom in northeast Delhi is quite alarming and obnoxious.
Understanding the state-sponsored anti-Muslim pogrom in Delhi
Reading Time: 4 minutes The state-sponsored anti-Muslim pogrom in Delhi is launched with a vicious motive. This is an attempt to enslave the poor Muslim masses and please Trump.
The Ahmedabad wall to hide the slums unites Trump and Modi’s fascism
Reading Time: 3 minutes Donald Trump’s penchant for wall building is well known, so the Ahmedabad wall to hide the slums will play a great role in uniting Trump and Modi’s fascism.
Trump’s India visit to add a new knot in US’s neo-colonial hegemony over India
Reading Time: 5 minutes The India visit of Donald Trump will intensify the US’s neo-colonial exploitation of the country, thanks to the Modi regime’s servility towards Washington.
Beyond “identity” it’s crucial to see the NRC issue from the class perspective
Reading Time: 8 minutes As the anti-NRC struggles intensify, it’s time to see the issue from a class angle and politically equip the poor, who will be most-affected, to combat it.
Which BJP leaders will go to detention centres due to an honest NRC?
Reading Time: 6 minutes If there is an honest and impartial implementation of the NRC, which BJP leaders will end up in the detention centres? Well, there are a few of them.
The Supreme Court’s CAA hearing won’t impact the grassroots struggles
Reading Time: 4 minutes Even when the Supreme Court’s CAA hearing starts, the people won’t be quite excited about it as their struggle will continue to defeat the Modi regime.
Does the CAA legalise exclusion?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Is the CAA an exclusionary law? What will be the implications of this law in Assam and the northeastern states where the Bengali Hindus face discrimination.
Is the CAA really safeguarding the Hindus and non-Muslims from the NRC?
Reading Time: 12 minutes There is a misconception that the CAA will disenfranchise Muslims. Rather, it’s the NRC, which is made mandatory by the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2003.
The secret allies of Hindutva fascism enabling the sclerotic regime of Modi
Reading Time: 3 minutes Who are Hindutva fascism’s secret allies? Only those liberal democrats who are fascism enablers? Or those social-democrats as well who betray the workers?
Amitabh Bachchan and the silence of the stars at the hour of fascism
Reading Time: 5 minutes Amitabh Bachchan is criticised for his silence on every crucial public issue during Narendra Modi’s tenure. But what else we expected from someone like him?
The working class’s movements against fascism must ally with the anti-NRC/CAA movements
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s a dire need at present to link the mass struggles against the CAA and NRC with the working class’s movements against fascism and neo-liberal economy.
No to segregation of Muslims, yes to a diverse and plural India that empowers to articulate dissent
Reading Time: 4 minutes Bisecting India through the contentious CAA and NRC by the BJP must be thwarted by upholding the pluralism and diversity that the Constitution celebrates.
Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, and the fall of India
Reading Time: 4 minutes The passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, marked the end of the “idea of India” which Nehru and the first generation of Indian leaders envisioned.
Hyderabad encounter: Unpopular opinion on a popular crime
Reading Time: 6 minutes The massive public support for the Hyderabad encounter and its glorification proved India is not marching towards but is in a dangerous mobocracy now.
Rahul Bajaj: Why BJP faces uncomfortable questions from its own?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Rahul Bajaj questioning Amit Shah over the reign of fear that rules India isn’t an act of rebellion but the annoyance of a section of capitalism with Modi.
The violence of silence: Kashmir and India
Reading Time: 5 minutes On 5 August 2019 the Indian government challenged the foundations of the Constitution, by large scale oppression and silencing of the voices from Kashmir.
Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict raises uncomfortable questions
Reading Time: 6 minutes The critical analysis of the Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict brings up a lot of contradictions within the verdict and the gross denial of justice to Muslims