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The Merchant and the Mahatma

The relationship between political movements and economic power has often been marked by suspicion, compromise, or uneasy dependence. Yet, the story of Mahatma Gandhi and the House of Tata...

How the Ulema are Perpetuating Male Hegemony in the Name of Islam

First published on: February 29, 2016Photo: Courtesy DNAThe self-appointed...

The Gopalaswami Panel Recommendations: Teaching a Regressive Science in Sanskrit

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ‘The Blind Leading the Blind’,...

Academics Challenge JNU VC: Countdown to Hunger Fast By Students Begins

  After the protest and press conference yesterday. April 26,...

Centre’s response to drought ‘lacking in compassion’: economists, activists to Modi

Photo credit: Indian Express170 leading activists, economists, sociologists urge...

How caste is alive and kicking in Bengal

Photo courtesy: youthkiawaaz.comBengali middle class society is seen as...

I am Koonal Duggal, and they say I am “anti-university”: Dalit Student

Are Indian Universities becoming Authoritarian ?   Statement by EFLU-Joint Action...

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