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• Re-reading Gangadhar Adhikary’s Thesis through the Lens of Thomas Kuhn, Phil Anderson, and Swami Vivekananda | Sindhunil Barman Roy

  12 June

  1. Introduction: The Scientist-Theoretician in a Newtonian Trap
  Dr. Gangadhar Adhikary was not merely a political organizer; he was a Berlin-trained PhD in Chemistry, a man who viewed the social world through the rigorous, albeit rigid, prism of the natural sciences. As a scientist-revolutionary, he approached the chaotic landscape of 1940s Indian politics with the mindset of a laboratory researcher. His 1942 thesis, Pakistan and National Unity, was an ambitious effort to distil the (…)

• What is missing in Piketty’s well-intentioned aim of prosperity for all while achieving climate goal | Bharat Dogra

  12 June, by Bharat Dogra

  Thomas Piketty is a world famous economist known for his emphasis on justice. Srijana Mitra Das of The Times of India is a famous journalist known for her detailed interviews with famous academics and thinkers. So it is nice to see a full page carrying the interview with Thomas Piketty titled ‘India’s growth ambition is valid—99% can get richer without climate disaster’ (see The Times of India, Chandigarh edition, June 10).
  This detailed interview has a lot of valuable information for (…)

• Militarisation : Journalism and Control in Ukraine | Ilya Kharkow

  12 June

  First, one group of journalists writes that the president has signed a decree introducing a minute of silence. Now, every day at 9:00, the entire country must fall silent in memory of the victims of the war. These texts usually include an exhaustive list of who can be considered a victim. As you might expect, the men who died while trying to escape conscription are not included in that list.
  Then a second wave of journalists joins in. They add details: pedestrians and vehicles must stop in (…)

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  Film: 6:40 pm - student film by Mani Kaul (1967)

  12 June

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  6:40 P.M. (1967) | FTII Student Film directed by Mani Kaul ft. Sarika, Kalyan Chatterjee by FTIIOfficial https://youtu.be/I98m9FupcoU?si=UU6hOWdWau-FTCSl

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  Music: M° Roberto De Simone - TARANTELLA DE LU CACARE

  12 June

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  M° Roberto De Simone - TARANTELLA DE LU CACARE by Francesco Focas https://youtu.be/Se8qHABEowU?si=9XsgPhiG2ySqs11M

• Guest Editorial: The Strange Myopia of West Bengal CPI(M) | Aditya Nigam

  1 June, by Aditya Nigam

  It must have sounded bizarre to those who do not keep abreast of political developments in West Bengal that the BJP chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, thanked the CPI(M) for helping him defeat Mamata Banerjee by transferring votes to him. Adhikari made this statement to the press even as counting was still going and widespread complaints of opposition counting agents being thrown out of counting rooms were coming in.
  For people living in the state however, this connection between Ram (the (…)

• Is the INDIA Block dying? | Faraz Ahmad

  1 June, by Faraz Ahmad

  Is INDIA Bloc alive or has Rahul Gandhi dug its grave and put it to rest forever. So it seems, and worse the Congressmen specially those two power hungry Congress MLAs in Tamil Nadu Assembly who became ministers in this very suspect TVK government are gloating about it. Never mind that they have entered the Tamil Nadu assembly on the shoulders of its leader and outgoing chief minister M.K. Stalin.
  The Tamil Nadu Congress had laid a precondition before offering the support letter to Vijay (…)

• Whither Indian Politics post-Bengal and Tami Nadu Results ? | P S Jayaramu

  1 June, by P S Jayaramu

  May 25, 2026
  Now that the dust and din of Assembly election results are settled and new governments have become functional, it is time to reflect on tbe state of Indian Politics.
  Firstly, let me start with the emergence, nay steady consoliation, of the BJP’s hold over Indian Politics. Unmistakably,the Party is trying to establish its one party dominance (OPD) system over the Indian political horizon, though I must hasten to add that it is truly not yet so, as four South Indian states are (…)

• The Cockroaches Have Arrived | Kaleem Ullah Fasihi

  1 June

  In Daniel Evan Weiss’s satirical novel, ‘The Roaches Have No King,’ a colony of besieged and hungry cockroaches, ignored by the humans who cohabitate their apartment, launches an elaborate campaign to reclaim the space that power had sealed off from them. The premise is absurdist fiction, but the instinct it describes is not. Perhaps the Chief Justice of India thought that the calling of the unemployed youth of the country ‘cockroaches’ by him in the open court on May 15 this year would be (…)

• Assembly Polls (2026) in Kerala:
 Spectacular Show by the UDF | M. R. Biju

  1 June, by M. R. Biju

  [( Abstract Kerala verdict 2026 undoubtedly shows that no party can afford to take people’s will for granted. The verdict is a clear reply to the perceived arrogance of the CPI(M) leaders and the intolerant behavior of the Chief Minister. The LDF in general and CPI(M) in particular failed to respect the sentiments of ordinary people. The common man’s agenda was simple one, to teach the ruling LDF a lesson. During the two term LDF rule they could render reasonably fair governance in the (…)