2024

Education, often heralded as the cornerstone of human development and progress, is increasingly shaped by a narrow vision that prioritizes economic productivity over broader human values. This reductionist view is transforming education into a tool for producing economically viable individuals, neglecting its deeper purpose: to foster well-rounded, civic-minded community builders. This article delves into the critical issues confronting contemporary education systems, including the rise of (…)

There are no indications that the violence in the foothills will stop, even after the Churachandpur eruption- the conflict’s primary cause- erupted more than a year ago. Mainstream writers and the media frequently conceptualise political instability in the state as exclusively the product of ethnic providence, despite the state’s long history of ethnic warfare and the up to ten presidential rules that have been linked to it since the 1960s. Even while it would be erroneous to take ethnicity (…)

The 14th Oct announcement of Noble Prize in Economics to Daron Acemoglu, J.A. Robinson, and Simon Johnson, has again established the ideas away from the mainstream economics and emphatically established the man-made institutional structure as having an paramount importance in the working of the Economy and it

On 11 October, Akhilesh Yadav was prevented from garlanding the statue of Jayaprakash Narayan on the occasion of his birth anniversary in Lucknow, on 2 October, Sonam Wangchuk was prevented from visiting Mahatma Gandhi’s Samadhi Sthal in Delhi and some time ago, an attempt was made by RSS goons to attack Nikhil Wagle in Pune. Similarly, in view of the incidents of barging into the office of Chitralekha Marathi magazine’s editor Mr. Gyanesh Maharao and forcing him to apologize for his (…)

I recently participated in a two-day conference on

In a functional democracy, election is a dialogue with the people. The frequent dialogue and deeper dialogue is like sunlight for democracy and which is good for the health of citizens

Abstract
This article explores the metaphorical significance of red traffic signals in relation to transgender visibility and societal barriers. Through the imagery of a transgender individual navigating a city intersection, adorned with heavy makeup as both armor and expression, the red light symbolizes the systemic impediments faced by transgender people. The red light’s role as a signal for stoppage, danger, and caution parallels the numerous obstacles that hinder transgender (…)

Time seemed to be paused and basking in the serene atmosphere, we were sipping our hot coffee. The very pleasant British climate provided much energy at Hendon Central in London for me and Comrade. Prakash Reddy. His infectious energy was evident in our conversation while discussing the recently conducted Lok Sabha Elections as well as the British Elections. While chit chatting on the Left Movement in Maharashtra, he out of no context asked me whether I had visited the places in central (…)

Abstract: In number of ways, the war on terror has important of Lefebvre

On June 23, 1985 a bomb exploded in the Air India 182 Kanishka airplane flight from Canada to India, killing all 329 passengers and crew. This was till then (and before 9/11) the biggest terrorist attack involving passengers in word history. In fact the tragedy could have been much bigger— as a part of the same planning another suitcase bomb was to be placed in another Air India plane in Tokyo but this exploded at the airport itself killing two baggage handlers and injuring four. If this had (…)