Ps in charge of SIR
Ps ranging from the prime to the poor, from the highest to the lowest and many in-between, may not be tyrants. But in the age of empire, Ps must have to be tyrants, if not happily but unwillingly, for their survival.
Freevoice
I write because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, said George Orwell. As a writer, I never kowtow to the whims and dictates of the sacred godmen or godwomen, the political bigots and hypocrites, dealers of laymen, the dishonest and self-serving intellectuals, traders of religions, the betrayers of ‘other’ Indians who eke out a living by their sweat, who are living in fear for being lynched for this and that.
Inequality, Malnutrition and the Crisis of Democracy in India
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.
How Hannah Arendt can help us understand this new age of far-right populism
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.
Bhashani’s 145th birth anniv today
A lifelong voice against injustice, Bhashani led many movements against imperialism and oppression during both the British and the Pakistani rules.
Remembering Maulana Bhashani’s 49th death anniversary
On 17 November 2025, Free Voice in collaboration Vinnokatha commemorated the death anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (1880–1976).
Book Reading: Irfan Engineer’s Weaponisation of Hindu Festivals
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.
Another year has passed
Months go, years go, but our sun has not come out of the clouds.
No Country for Working People
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.
Where there are more firearms than people—why curbing gun violence is not succeeding in the USA
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.
Book Reading Session: Mushirul Hasan’s A Moral Reckoning
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.