Herbert Marcuse in his book ‘One Dimensional Man’ (1964) strongly criticizes consumerism arguing that it is a form of social control. The folk-politics we carry out and live in, may claim to be ...

The commentary dissects rationale and ramifications of a policy of reservation especially when it is coupled with relaxation in the tests of intellectual abilities and academic volition at the time of ...

Though this Act was passed in 2015 and endorsed by 16 states, majority of them ruled by the BJP, within months, on 16 October, 2015 the Supreme Court struck down the NJAC by a 4:1 majority as ...

Violence against the Muslim community in diverse forms has become an organic part of statecraft in BJP-ruled India. The genealogy of such violence is a long one. A classic case is the Bhagalpur riots ...

A visible visual presence of the communists on Piazza Scanderbeg - in the city of Cosenza in Calabria, Italy (1950) ...

In 1949 when CPI was banned by the government Samaresh was arrested. He faced police interrogation. In a powerful story ‘Sweekarokti’ ( The confession) he draws upon the memories of police ...

Their ration system has been destroyed which resulted in bringing back of geography of hunger in Odisha which resulted in deaths of two Dalit Christians. The tail of Hanuman is marching in the cities ...

Sitaram Yechury: Outstanding Communist, Tributes by Comrades is a collection of articles on the life and contribution of departed comrade. It was originally published in People’s Democracy, the weekly ...