Feminism: The Bhartiya Way

March 8, 2024

There is no inherent contradiction between cultural identity and modern aspirations of women of Bharat. Global identity politics has several facets including feminism and a gender-based understanding of the social reality. The West, as usual, dominates this discourse also being the source of all ‘modern knowledge’. The post renaissance phase...

The Modi consensus: Redefining secularism

January 22, 2024

The Pran Pratishtha ceremony at Ayodhya Ram Mandir on January 22 is a defining moment in the history of Bharat. It symbolises the restoration of its cultural identity and also marks a significant shift in how we have perceived, understood and practiced secularism in this country. The rise of Narendra...

INDIA: Appropriating a nation with a political alliance

July 20, 2023

The 26-party coalition led by the Congress known as “The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance” or “INDIA” has nothing new to offer, and is the same old wine in a new bottle. The Opposition political groups from each state banded together to take on the BJP, a powerful political rival...

Education needs to be reshaped to meet social goals

June 22, 2023

We often hear that education is the solution to all the social problems in any society, but the statistics and grim social realities speak otherwise. Ideally, education should bring crime level down, modernise people, change their attitudes and behaviour, and address their social biases and gender perspectives. The society should...

The contradiction called communist China

July 21, 2020

To many, modern China epitomises the “communist dream” of an egalitarian society along with a thriving market economy — something that was never imagined by their ideological forefathers. Socialist leaders, Marxist scholars, political parties and their affiliate groups and institutions around the world celebrate this grand success of their ideological...

Why China can’t be trusted on Ladakh, Sikkim and Arunachal

July 13, 2020

The deadliest clash since 1975 in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley is a grave reminder of how India is still a victim of the erroneous conception of history. In order to comprehend China’s territorial claims and ambitious geopolitical projects one must interrogate history. The Republic of China was established on 1 January...

China: An unconventional communist state

June 27, 2020

A few months ago, noted scholar Brahma Chellaney in one of his articles for Washington Times referred to China as the world’s “strongest and richest dictatorship”. On a closer scrutiny, one can easily determine that the statement carries a lot of weight. Currently, the world is facing two crises simultaneously...