2024

Disturbing news…hitting, as those tragic details come to the fore of over 40 Indians dead in the devastating fire in Kuwait. Just a day back came in reports of two Indians killed in Ukraine while fighting for the Russian army.
Till date no feedback on those Indians who’d left for Israel, seeking employment, even after being fully aware of what the military might of Israel is capable of unleashing. After all, the ongoing killings of the Palestinians by the Israeli forces is a chilling (…)

[IPA News Feature - June 14, 2024] India’s National Capital Territory Delhi is running a shortage of water to the tune of 50 MGD (million gallon) per day. The Water and Tanker Mafia are minting money. People are undergoing unprecedented suffering. Political parties are trying to derive political mileage by indulging in blame-game. The Supreme Court of India has intervened but the water crisis isn’t going away. With no end in sight before the monsoon arrives.
Water crisis in Delhi is not a (…)

Inequality has ancient origins in India, embedded as it is in its social system, which encompasses caste, religion, gender, ideology, belief, language, and identity. These elements have categorised social systems into core, periphery, and semi-periphery, in line with Wallerstein’s analysis. The theories of Marx and Gramsci can be contrasted to expose the intrinsic class stratification within the Indian social framework. The argument is that India’s stratified social system underpins the (…)

In India, a significant number of individuals in the age group of 15-34 years are suffering from Tuberculosis, which adversely affects their education, employment and other life-planning events.
According to Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana’s official data, a total of 2.23 million TB patients in India were notified till November 2023. Globally, the number of TB patients was estimated to be around 10.6 million suffering from the disease in 2022. As per the National Strategic Plan, the Government of (…)

Abstract: This article examines Pride Month’s significance in India during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections through Michel Foucault’s theoretical framework. By exploring Foucault’s concepts of counter-conduct and heterotopias, the article highlights how Pride Month challenges normative narratives and fosters belonging for LGBTQIA+ individuals. Counter-conduct is analyzed through queer activism, subversion of gender roles, and reclaiming public spaces, while heterotopias are discussed in the (…)

June 11, 2024
To: Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India New Delhi, India
Dear Prime Minister,
We write to you as members of the Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan), a collective committed to fostering cooperation, peace, and dialogue across our region. Our shared histories, cultures, and aspirations drive us to advocate for better relations among our nations under the SAARC umbrella.
First and foremost, we congratulate you and the NDA 3.0 on your recent electoral victory. We (…)

A major influence on radical thinking since the Russian revolution is the form of radical politics called Leninism. The name derives from the central role of the Bolshevik leader V.I. Lenin in shaping the direction of the Bolsheviks in the revolution. The political legacy of Leninism is directly at odds with syndicalism, as we’ll see. But what is Leninism? To understand this, I think we need to look at the practice of the Bolshevik party in the revolutionary process in Russia and Lenin’s (…)

Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD)
[June 14, 2024]
PRESS NOTE
IDPD demands high level investigation in the irregularities in NEET and redress students’ grievances
Review the whole process of entrance into the higher education courses
The Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) has demanded high level investigation in the scam in the NEET [National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test] examination for entrance into medical courses. The irregularities in the conduct of (…)

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__0__ Being Hindu, Being Indian: Lala Lajpat Rai’s Ideas of Nationhood
by Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav
Penguin/Viking
ISBN: 9780670094073 Pages: xliii + 748; Price: Rs 1,299
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Who was the real Lala Lajpat Rai? A veteran Congress leader and a leading star of the Indian freedom movement? Fiercely anti-British and who died due to grievous injuries he sustained in a street protest? A Hindu Mahasabha leader who advocated (…)

BOOK REVIEW
Review by Javier Puente
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Making the Green Revolution: Agriculture and Conflict in Colombia. Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges by Timothy Lorek
University of North Carolina Press 2023. xxii + 317 pp (paper), ISBN 978-1-4696-7382-0
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In September 2016, Colombia’s government and the leadership of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) achieved the unthinkable. After a four-year series of conversations and negotiations, President Juan Manuel Santos (…)