In Delhi’s Women’s Colleges, victims not perpetrators pay for harassment, say students. 1100 ex-students & teachers seek apology

Sagarika Chaudhary Indraprastha College for Women, which is part of the Delhi University, was in the news recently after students reported that several men had entered the campus by scaling walls and made the women feel severely uncomfortable with their sloganeering, catcalling and harassment during day two of the annual fest on March 28. Students… Read More In Delhi’s Women’s Colleges, victims not perpetrators pay for harassment, say students. 1100 ex-students & teachers seek apology

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Photos: Thousands at the Kisan-Mazdoor Sangharsh Rally in Ramlila Maidan on April 5

Farmers and labourers from various states across the country converged at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on April 5 for the Mazdoor-Kisan Sangharsh rally in protest against the Union government’s alleged apathy towards them. The rally was held under the aegis of leftwing trade bodies, the Centre of Trade Unions (CITU), All India Kisan… Read More Photos: Thousands at the Kisan-Mazdoor Sangharsh Rally in Ramlila Maidan on April 5

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Robert Urquhart: Capital accumulation as eternal recurrence: theology of the bad infinity

The uneasy cohabitation of science and theology in neoclassical economics is an indication of its ideological character If the lion had consciousness, his rage at the antelope he wants to eat would be ideology: Theodor Adorno; Negative Dialectics. Extract: Neoclassical economics — most notably in the model of general equilibrium — gives an exhaustive quantitative… Read More Robert Urquhart: Capital accumulation as eternal recurrence: theology of the bad infinity

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Aboriginal ‘giant of a nation’ Yunupingu dies aged 74

Yunupingu was a trailblazer in the fight for land rights and the constitutional recognition of Indigenous people in Australia. He died after a long illness. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led tributes to the Gumatj clan leader, saying he was a great leader and statesman. “Yunupingu walked in two worlds within authority, power and grace, and… Read More Aboriginal ‘giant of a nation’ Yunupingu dies aged 74

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Kerala: Muslim woman’s Hindu children inspire an Indian film

A new film on a Muslim woman from the southern Indian state of Kerala who raised three Hindu children has brought attention to the family’s unusual story. BBC Hindi’s Imran Qureshi spoke to the siblings who inspired the film. When Jafferkhan first watched Ennu Swantham Sreedharan (Yours Truly, Sreedharan), he says he was moved to… Read More Kerala: Muslim woman’s Hindu children inspire an Indian film

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Mikhail Shishkin: ‘The main enemy of Russian culture is the Russian regime’

Revered Russian writer and Putin critic on how the war in Ukraine has divided his nation, and why culture is the only cure Andrew Anthony Read Shishkin’s letter to an unknown Ukrainian Mikhail Shishkin was born in Moscow and is one of the most lauded writers in contemporary Russian literature, and the only one to receive… Read More Mikhail Shishkin: ‘The main enemy of Russian culture is the Russian regime’

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