Jai Bhim Comrade: Songs of justice that threaten the State

Something is terribly wrong when a government feels threatened by protest songs and jails singers, says Satyen K Bordoloi as he profiles the now underground group Kabir Kala Manch through Anand Patwardhan’s searing… Read More

Salman Rushdie On Censorship

Bargad dedicates this post in solidarity with the struggle of Filmmaker Ashvin Kumar, Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and Writer Gaurav Solanki who are fighting against various kinds of censorship in India the Arthur Miller… Read More

अभिव्यकि की स्वतंत्रता और सभ्यता की राजनीति वाया गणपति बाईपास

संदीप सिंह जवाहरलाल नेहरु विश्वविद्यालय छात्र संघ के पूर्व अध्यक्ष हैं और वामपंथी छात्र संगठन आइसा के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष हैं. इनसे sandeep.aisa@gmail.com पर संपर्क किया जा सकता है.  एक मई को लाल बैंड… Read More

Cartoon Row: Three More Articles

Shiv Visvanathan is a social scientist. Babasaheb Ambedkar is one of the most fascinating figures in Indian politics. In hagiographic terms, if Gandhi is the father of the nation, Ambedkar is father of… Read More

Ram Charan Nirmalkar

Bargad dips its banner in the memory of Shri Ram Charan Nirmalkar, veteran artist of Naya Theatre of Habib Tanvir and an outstanding performer of ‘Nacha’ dance. He died on 16th May in… Read More

How JNU shattered a Pakistani stereotype about India

Taimur Rahman is an academic, political activist and the lead musician of Laal Band of Pakistan. He is based in Lahore. For details, visit the band’s site and facebook page. Laal just launched… Read More

The Lost Art Of Reason: Why Small Acts Of Intolerance Are Linked To Larger Ones

Meera Visvanathan’s earlier article discussing May Day and the debate on Ganapati led many people to revisit not only the events of that day but also our approaches to politics and culture. Along… Read More

जहां सत्य छल से बिंधा है….

चन्दन श्रीवास्तव  http://www.im4change.org से जुड़े हैं. उनके आलेख समय-समय पर पत्र-पत्रिकाओं में छपते रहते हैं. चन्दन से chandan@csds.in पर संपर्क किया जा सकता है. “ वह सभा, सभा नहीं होती जिसमें बुजुर्ग ना बैठे हों।… Read More

Turbulent times for Air India

Prerna Suri, Al Jazeera’s correspondent based out of New Delhi, reports from across the region. All Gertrude Ingerberg wants is to go back home. The 60-year-old German national came to India a few… Read More

Lover Boys

A Documentary film by Julia Rooke and Caroline Pare This is the story of Ibrahim, a courageous Dutch-Moroccan social worker in the Netherlands who is tackling the high incidences of sex-trafficking of young… Read More

‘वो बात उनको बहुत नागवार गुज़री है’: मंटो के नाम खत

प्रकाश के रे बरगद के संपादक हैं. महबूब मंटो, सलाम, मेरी तरफ से सौवें जन्मदिन की मुबारकबाद कबूल करो। हां, थोड़ी देर हो गयी। बात यह है मंटो, असल में मैं तुम्हें कोई… Read More