By KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD
June 25 is the 92nd birth anniversary of the almost forgotten Mandal Messiah
On June 25, a celebration meeting of V. P. Singh’s 92 birth anniversary meeting has been planned by several pro-social justice organisations at the...
It's said Emperor Nero played the fiddle while Rome was burning. Historians have pointed out that the story is baseless. The fiddle was not there in Rome during Nero's time, and his favourite instrument was the lyre. When the...
India has been racked by Intercommunal violence, fueled by the rise of Hindu nationalism, represented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, by far India's most popular politician, and his ruling party, Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP, and Mr. Modi's, Hindu...
THERE has been much discussion in public about the index of industrial production for October 2022 being 4 per cent lower than the index for October 2021; and quite rightly so, since no obvious explanations like a Covid-induced lockdown...
Living in a pluralist society with a bit of courage and confidence is anything but comforting today. A major reason is the role of self-styled ‘agencies’ with ascriptive claims of representation. South Asia has an array of such organizations...
THE post-colonial state in India had two primary tasks before it: one was to overcome the hegemony of metropolitan capital, so that a development strategy in relative autonomy from imperialism could be pursued; the second was to attack landlordism...
Srirupa Roy
As the country waves flags and celebrates the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, it is also time to take stock. What did India’s founders and citizens dream of, how has India fared, what have been our challenges and...
The official objectives behind the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign have been clearly spelt out as invoking the feeling of patriotism and promoting awareness about the National Flag. The media overdrive and the exhilaration and exuberance being witnessed as part...
In an interview about how she views the last 75 years of India’s independence and what sort of country India has become, Romila Thapar unfolds her mind with sharp insights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x65z6USSfPQ
https://thewire.in/history/watch-romila-karan-thapar-modi-independence
I still believe that bad theology can do harm, if not immediately, certainly in the long run…I am inclined to be more reticent and restrained while speaking about the mysteries of God’s revelation….I know theology is not divinity; to...
