Photograph Source: U.S. Department of State – Public Domain The Orbánization of Fascist Politics, illiberal democracy, and White Replacement theory The malicious passions of fascism are with us once again, evident in the emergence of diverse regimes of predatory repression and...
By N. SATHIYA MOORTHY The much-expected National Congress of the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) ended without the anticipated ‘action’, reaffirming its unassailable faith in President Ibrahim ‘Ibu’ Solih. With the result, the party primary, which was also his preferred...
Dogu Perincek, Chairman of Turkey’s left-wing nationalist Patriotic Party,  is reportedly leading a delegation to Syria (File photo)  Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev regarding the forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand on September 15-16. This must be the...
“Migration studies have a significant role in the making of modern Kerala and the articulation of issues associated with it,” according to Prof. Michael Tharakan, Chairman, Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR). He was delivering an inaugural note at...
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
By Richard Pithouse / GlobetrotterXenophobia is a global crisis, but in South Africa, it takes a particularly violent form. The day-to-day accumulation of insult and harassment from within the state and society periodically mutates into open-street violence in which...
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...