NB: The rule of capital is an indirect despotism, mediated by ideology. In the successor states of the British empire in South Asia the communal hatred that accompanied Independence and partition resulted in a permanent military dictatorship in Pakistan; and an uneasy tension between secular democracy and communal politics in India. Over the past decade… Read More Electoral Inquisition
Nick Visser Concerns are mounting about an ocean phenomenon known as a Kelvin wave that could raise sea levels along the California coastline by up to a foot, as scientists say El Niño is supercharging the threat of storm surges and flooding in the coming months. As an incredibly strong El Niño continues to develop… Read More Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California
++++++++++++++++++++ The Oceanic Circle: Talk on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 155th birthday ગાંધીજીનું સમુદ્રી વર્તુળ गांधी का समुद्री वर्तुल Domination and Chaos: India’s radical conservatism Treason of the Intellectuals So history didn’t end after all Julien Benda: Our age is the age of the intellectual organization of political hatreds Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann – Repetition and rupture: Reinhart Koselleck, theorist of history… Read More Gandhi Jayanti Keynote Address 2026: GenZ’s Gandhi, by Ashutosh Ranka
By Shoaib Ahmed Sayam / Global Southasia / sapannews.com This past June, an elderly man was found stranded in no-man’s land on the Bangladesh-India border. For 24 hours, he and his nationality were shoved from one flank to the other. In the sweltering heat, border officials of both countries kept grilling Shosti Chandra Barman —… Read More Who defines where home is? Confronting Partition trauma
LIVE: Ashutosh Ranka Assam से रिहा होते Himanta Biswa Sarma पर फायर, बोले- कॉकरोचों से डर गए CM| CJP Ashutosh Ranka on CJP Detentions, Assam Plans, Mumbai Agitation and ECI Row CJP Co-Founder Ashutosh Ranka speaks from Guwahati on the detention of CJP volunteers, Abhijeet Dipke’s Assam visit, and the organisation’s plans for Assam and… Read More Ashutosh Ranka on CJP Detentions, Assam Plans, Mumbai Agitation and ECI Row
WHO MANIPULATED THE VOTERS LIST AND FOR WHOSE BENEFIT? आयोग के हर जवाब में निकल आया झोल,बाई इलेक्शन ही तो है-CJI, सुप्रीम कोर्ट का कैसा जवाब इंडियन एक्सप्रेस में रिपोर्ट छपने के 72 घंटे बाद चुनाव आयोग ने जवाब तो दिया मगर जवाब देकर फंस गया। जिस जवाब के दम पर बीजेपी आयोग को क्लीन… Read More Ravish Kumar: आयोग के हर जवाब में निकल आया झोल,बाई इलेक्शन ही तो है-CJI, सुप्रीम कोर्ट का कैसा जवाब
Halfway through 2024 the world got to an unspeakable, unwritable place. Israel’s orgiastic genocide of the Palestinians. Malignant capitalism. Murderous misogyny. Poisoned politics. It was literally beyond words. The ethical bankruptcy of power everywhere short-circuited my vocabulary into a charred and smoking ruin. Since I process dark, smelly feelings by articulating them, wordlessness only made… Read More Mitali Saran: Power and the nothingburger
The international legal order is in shambles. But from the ruins of impunity and lawbreaking, a group of nations is working to enforce accountability. Varsha Gandikota On Monday, the UN general assembly’s high-level meetings opened to news that Washington had drawn up sanctions against the international criminal court, targeting its bank accounts, software, insurers and… Read More Israel and the US have battered the international legal order. The impunity must stop
Humour and knowledge are the two great hopes of civilisation: Konrad Lorenz Bharat Bhushan The Narendra Modi regime, carefully constructed as an unassailable fortress of absolute power, has suddenly begun to look permeable. Two new developments challenge the desired image of seamless centralisation. One is the weakening of social prohibitions against mocking Modi in public,… Read More Indore laughter and ECI leaks are signs of breaches in Narendra Modi’s fortress
It’s not just screen time: the problem with children’s media is that it has become relentlessly hectic, loud and bright Natalia Kucirkova Iam at the airport gate waiting to depart, watching passengers hurry past with rolling suitcases and paper cups of coffee. A small boy sits very still beside his mother. He holds an iPad… Read More The bombarding of childhood
