The top 10 percent of people in India have concentrated a whopping 65 percent of the country’s total wealth. This means approximately 140 million people control two-thirds of the country’s wealth, while the remaining approximately 1.36 billion people are left with only 35 percent of wealth.
Totalitarianism, she argued, was a radically new form of government distinguished by its ideological conception of history. For the Nazis, history was a clash of races; for Stalinism, it was class war. Either way, totalitarian leaders sought to execute historical “laws” by forcibly reshaping the humans they ruled.
A lifelong voice against injustice, Bhashani led many movements against imperialism and oppression during both the British and the Pakistani rules.
On 17 November 2025, Free Voice in collaboration Vinnokatha commemorated the death anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (1880–1976).
Violence is deeply casteist where high caste Hindus remain behind the curtains while middle castes and even Dalits are used as fodder against the religious minorities, especially, Muslims and Christians.
Months go, years go, but our sun has not come out of the clouds.
It is time to understand and reject all aspects of capitalism that are not conducive to human happiness and freedom. Based on their experiences, working people can unite to build a society grounded in peace, prosperity, and solidarity. It is possible to create a society free from all forms of exploitation and inequality.
Of course the industry which feeds on the sales of such huge numbers of guns and bullets on a continuing basis is also likely to acquire a strong interest in such continuing sales and these powerful economic interests may also be fueling popular gun culture and keeping the demand and supply of civilian firearms at a very high level.
On 6th September 2025, Free Voice organised a reading session. The book chosen was A Moral Reckoning: Muslim Intellectuals in Nineteenth century Delhi (2005, OUP) by Mushirul Hasan. The session was proposed by budding sociologist Zeeshan Husain, an admirer of Hasan’s work since his college days. The session aimed to introduce this important work to young readers and encourage them to read it whenever they could.
Where are they queuing, standing on fragile limbs
Squatting calmly on the floor, feeding babies, massaging dry bones?