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51st Anniversary of Emergency in India: While the RSS supported the Emergency, it now ruthlessly presides over an ‘undeclared Emergency’

The RSS shakha, well documented for its recounting of a manipulated history has, over past decades laid claims to being part of the wider democratic struggle against the Emergency; archival documents from independent sources, civil servants and writers, as also its own archive clearly document otherwise.

Did Ashoka’s embracing of Buddhism and Promoting Ahimsa Weaken India?

Image credit: bmmsa.org The sangh parivar's denigration of Emperor Ashoka...

The voyage of Nicolas Baudin and ‘art in the service of science’

Christine Judith Nicholls, Flinders University and Dany Breelle, Flinders...

Cultural Nationalism is Nothing but Rogue Nationalism pitting ‘Us’ against the “Other”

Image Courtesy: rangashankara.orgSadanand Menon de-constructs cultural nationalism, majoritarian and...

Leopard: Fault-lines in Syria’s Revolutionary Endeavours on Film

Syrian filmmaker Nabil Maleh epitomizes the figure of the...

Israeli Settlements Explained: Video

Image Courtesy: Middleeasteye.net, AFP

In this three-minute episode, which originally aired on AJ+ Labs, host Dena Takruri explains what Israeli settlements are, the violence they cause to Palestinians, and their critical role in fueling conflict.
 
Courtesy: Jaddiliya.com




Ways of Seeing: The History of ‘Mein Kampf’ in France

Today, in France – as in most democratic countries...

Zakaria Mohammed: Eight Poems

Eight Poems Zakaria Mohammed Translated by Sinan Antoon ​​ 1 I am a star,...

Between Home and Homeland: Reflections on New Paintings from the series Eltifaf-Bypass by Rafat Asad

The tension between home and homeland is an ever-present...

“Oh Damascus” by Ghada Al-Samman

‪“Oh Damascus” by Ghada al-Samman‬‬‬‬ Translated by Annie Weaver‬As I...

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