Teaching a Lesson

How the NEP’s killing of the public university brought Gen Z out on the streets… According to the National Crime Records Bureau, student suicides have jumped eighty percent in the last decade—more than a hundred and twenty thousand over ten years—and over two thousand students die annually due to exam failures भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरा या… Read More Teaching a Lesson

How women protesters became targets after the Jantar Mantar protest

NB: In September 23 2023, a BJP MP used filthy slurs against a Muslim MP on the floor of the house. Using foul language is permissible for the members of the ruling party. Their army of trolls uses the most filthy abuses and threats against critics of the ruling dispensation. Now they have all become very sensitive… Read More How women protesters became targets after the Jantar Mantar protest

Focus on MPs who have criminal cases, not a 25-year-old: CJP slams Zero FIR

NB: In September 23 2023, a BJP MP used filthy slurs against a Muslim MP on the floor of the house. Using foul langiage is permissible for the members of the ruling party. Their army of trolls uses the most filthy abuses and threats against critics of the ruling dispensation. Now they have all become… Read More Focus on MPs who have criminal cases, not a 25-year-old: CJP slams Zero FIR

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Mental Health Crisis Deepens

Two Female Israeli Soldiers Die by Suicide in the Past Two Days Full text of the letter “We Refuse!”  Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance Israeli High School Seniors Continue to Go to Prison Instead of Into the Israeli Military. According to a July 29, 2026 article in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, two women Israeli soldiers have died… Read More Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Mental Health Crisis Deepens

In SC judge Ujjal Bhuyan’s candour beyond the courtroom, some questions for the judiciary

Socrates: If the whole is ailing the part cannot be well / Kautilya: Disaffection among Subjects Kautilya’s observations on the causes of discontent in a polity New Delhi: Most weekend memorial lectures by sitting judges pass with little public attention. Not those delivered by Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, who has often used such platforms to candidly critique the… Read More In SC judge Ujjal Bhuyan’s candour beyond the courtroom, some questions for the judiciary

Here’s why India’s cockroach protests were such a success – and why the Mamdani effect means more to come

 Pralhad Joshi, the man who has replaced Pradhan as education minister, is not an improvement. Like Pradhan he is a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP’s far-right parent body. He publicly defended the premature release in 2022 of 11 men convicted for rape in the notorious Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. Watch: The reason why… Read More Here’s why India’s cockroach protests were such a success – and why the Mamdani effect means more to come

The cockroach revolt

Watch: The reason why the RSS wants to maintain an iron grip over Indian education: इंडियन एक्सप्रेस ने छापा प्रधान के इस्तीफे की हकीकत RSS क्यों रखना चाहता शिक्षा मंत्रालय अपने अधीन? Kautilya’s observations on the causes of discontent in a polity Gen Zzzz to Gen Zinggg Mitali Saran During one very boring economics class in… Read More The cockroach revolt

A Note of Caution for India’s Gen Z movement: The BJP/RSS scheme for a permanent take-over

Watch: The reason why the RSS wants to maintain an iron grip over Indian education: इंडियन एक्सप्रेस ने छापा प्रधान के इस्तीफे की हकीकत RSS क्यों रखना चाहता शिक्षा मंत्रालय अपने अधीन? Kautilya’s observations on the causes of discontent in a polity NB: From a Facebook post by Anikendranath Sen, journalist Gogia Pasha, or his ilk,… Read More A Note of Caution for India’s Gen Z movement: The BJP/RSS scheme for a permanent take-over

Dawn for democracy

The Cockroach Janta Party won this battle partly because the legions it led seemed armoured with an alloy of innocence and insouciance. This had something to do with how young they were Mukul Kesavan It was the 6th of June. Abhijeet Dipke had set out his stall at Jantar Mantar after returning from Boston. I… Read More Dawn for democracy