Hijacking Vivekananda
He is energetic, revolutionary, and extremely conscious of the maladies of untouchability, poverty, superstition, illiteracy, and the pathetic position of women in the society of colonial India.
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Reading Hardy’s “The Darkling Thrush” in New Year’s Eve
Those, on that inauguration day, who refuse to sing "carolings/ Of such ecstatic sound" of ‘Jai Shri Ram” will be punished. Wait. Whys? You already know. You learn when and how after the 2024 Lok Sabha election result.
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My 50 Years as an Independent Writer
I could contribute about ten thousand articles/reports, and four hundred books and booklets in Hindi and English, apart from 70 short stories, two novellas and about a 100 poems and songs. I could maintain continuity in this work as an independent writer, never applying for a job anywhere.
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Bebaak Collective’s New Report Underscores the Toll on Mental Health of Institutionalised Communalism on Muslims of India
Indian Muslims have been abandoned by legal and institutional frameworks, and vilified by an increasingly virulent communalism, with dark clouds of genocidal violence looming in the background.
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Lynching of Muslims in India
This article is on the rising incidents of mob lynchings against Indian Muslims. Lynching is a 'horrendous crime', said the Supreme Court.
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Lynching in Indian Poetry
“We are the mob and the mob is us.Left-wing, right-wing or in the centre, what difference does…
Arab Intellectuals and Arab Spring
To put it mildly, the social, cultural, religious, political and strategic events that history will remember as the "Arab Spring" sent a shockwave across an entire region. Today, the legacy of this chain of events is contested and, to an extent, still uncertain, but one thing is clear: the conditions for engaging in politics in these countries have shifted completely. Across the region, the social and political spheres have become more secular as both a cause and a consequence of the Arab Spring.
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Covid-19 and the Criminalisation of Indian Muslims
Names like Spanish-flu, Chinese-virus, or corona-jihad are not only misnomers but also socially debilitating with long-term mental and political ramifications. Such adjectives not only attribute negative essence to communities, races, and nations but also belittle their human essence.
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