Category Archive: Politics

Swaziland: Wither absolute monarchism?

Moses Tofa has taught on African Political Ideas, Contemporary Political Thought, International Relations, Civil Society and Governance, Gender Mainstreaming in Policy Analysis, and Research Methods at the University of Zimbabwe and the Women’s… Read More

Capitalism, Sexual Violence, and Sexism

Kavita Krishnan is a Member of the Central Committee, CPI(ML) Liberation and Editor of  its organLiberation. Sexual violence cannot be attributed simply to some men behaving in ‘anti-social’ or ‘inhuman’ ways: it has everything to do… Read More

TP Chandrashekharan’s Murder: Questions that Remain after One Year

Appukuttan Vallikunnu is an eminent political commentator in Kerala. He is a former state committee member of the CPI(M) and former associate editor of the party organ, Deshabhimani.  RMP leader Comrade T.P Chandrashekharan was… Read More

Assad’s backers on the left are ignoring reality

“Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there a secular fighting force to speak of,” claimed a recent New York Times article. For those on the left convinced that the US is hell-bent on backing… Read More

Are All Telephone Calls Recorded and Accessible to the US Government?

A former FBI counter-terrorism agent claims on CNN that this is the case The real capabilities and behavior of the US surveillance state are almost entirely unknown to the American public because, like… Read More

Why Delhi University’s Four Year Undergraduate Programme Should Not be Implemented with Irresponsible Haste

A Note Prepared by Delhi University teachers- Shahid Amin (History), Apoorvanand (Hindi), Aditya Bhattacharjea(Economics), P.K. Datta(Political Science), Satish Deshpande (Sociology), Krishna Kumar(Education), Udaya Kumar (English) and Shobhit Mahajan(Physics) at the Request of the… Read More

Eric Hobsbawm, my Dad

Julia Hobsbawm on the daunting intellect and tireless curiosity of her father Eric Hobsbawm, the historian and champion of the left who died last year. My father died at the age of 95… Read More

Justice J S Verma on Gujarat Carnage

Justice J. S. Verma (Jan 18, 1933-Apr 22, 2013) was the head of National Human Rights Commission during the Gujarat carnage. Neha Dixit, interviewed him on the carnage and the Nanavati Commission Report… Read More

Sexual Assaults against Children: When will this Brutality End?

Albeena Shakil, a former President of JNU Students’ Union, is a political activist. There are no words to describe the utter horror evoked by the sadistic rape of a 5 year old girl… Read More

Another rape, still more incompetence: Time to teach Delhi Police a Lesson?

A five year old girl is now in a critical condition in a Delhi hospital after being brutalized and raped by a neighbour. The Delhi police, which has dealt with the situation with… Read More

जेल की 65 फीसद आबादी एससी, एसटी और ओबीसी, उत्तर प्रदेश के जेलों में हैं सबसे अधिक मुसलमान

नेशनल क्राईम रिकार्ड ब्यूरो के आंकड़ें कहते हैं कि देश के कुल कैदियों में  28 फीसदी अल्पसंख्यक कैदी जेलों में बंद हैं. जबकि देश की आबादी में इनकी हिस्सेदारी मात्र 20 फीसद है. यदि… Read More