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Ambedkar’s Cartoon and the Caste question: Rajkumar7 comments

Nivedita Menon wrote 2 days ago: Guest post by RAJKUMAR A harrowing monologue is in vogue in the popular media and academic forums ap … more →

Tags: Debates, Politics, Ambedkar cartoon controversy, ncert textbooks

Is the Hurriyat divorcing democracy and freedom?: Gowhar Geelani

Shivam Vij wrote 1 week ago: Guest post by GOWHAR GEELANI By any stretch of imagination, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference [APH … more →

Tags: Frontiers, Debates, Politics, Kashmir, Kashmir azadi, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Prof Abdul Gani Bhat

If ‘temporary’ meant special, what would ‘special’ mean?: Gazala Peer2 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 1 week ago: Guest post by GAZALA PEER Circa 1948, this photograph shows Jawaharlal Nehru inspect a women’s … more →

Tags: Empire, Frontiers, Identities, Law, article 370, Kashmir, Kashmir conflict resolution, Kashmir interlocutors report, Kashmir special status

How Essar, Teamwork Productions and the Chhattisgarh government changed the lives of Dantewada's children1 comment

Shivam Vij wrote 1 week ago: Any moment now I expect India’s litfest mafiosi to describe this article on the ‘Essar K … more →

Tags: bad ideas, capitalism, countryside, Empire, chhattisgarh, dantewada, Essar, Litfests, Teamwork Productions

The Anti-Politics of Murder9 comments

jdevika wrote 1 week ago: No, this post is not mainly about the ghastly murder of the rebel communist leader T P Chandrasekhar … more →

Tags: Culture, Law, Left watch, Right watch, Anil Sadanandan, CPM Kerala, Gay Activists, Kerala, Onchiyam

Dr Khalil Chishty is back home - three cheers for candle-light peaceniks5 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 2 weeks ago: The 80 year old Pakistani virologist Dr Khalil Chishty just reached Pakistan. His son Tariq called m … more →

Tags: Frontiers, everyday life, Identities, Government, India - Pakistan, India pakistan prisoners, India-Pakistan peace process

Family chronicles

Shivam Vij wrote 3 weeks ago: Jamal Kidwai tells the (continuing) story of the Partition through family memories: As children we w … more →

Tags: Frontiers, Identities, Partition, Indian Muslims, India - Pakistan

Koodankulam - Anti-nuclear Struggle Continues: Deepa Rajkumar16 comments

Nivedita Menon wrote 3 weeks ago: As Japan shut down its last reactor, the Koodankulam project is to go critical in ten days.  Because … more →

Tags: Centre watch, capitalism, Movements, fukushima, koodankulam protests, PMANE

Delhi 1803-2012: A Brief Biography3 comments

Sohail Hashmi wrote 1 month ago: Delhi, Or Dilli has been a city and a capital for a long time and even when it was not the capital, … more →

Tags: ecologies, bad ideas, everyday life, excavation, Identities, Empire, Culture, Partition, New Delhi

…and now Judicial Impunity?: JKCCS17 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 1 month ago: This release comes from the JAMMU KASHMIR COALITION OF CIVIL SOCIETY 2 May 2012: The recent Supreme … more →

Tags: Centre watch, Frontiers, Law, Government, Empire, Kashmir, AFSPA, Pathribal

Pathribal ruling a setback for justice in Jammu and Kashmir: Amnesty International

Shivam Vij wrote 1 month ago: This press release comes from AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 1 May 2012 Special powers that allow India’s arm … more →

Tags: Centre watch, Frontiers, Law, Empire, Kashmir, AFSPA, Kashmir Human Rights

The Semiotics of Happiness10 comments

Sunalini Kumar wrote 1 month ago: Guest post by ABHIJIT DUTTA MC Kash - Photo by Ashish Sharma / Openthemagazine.com It is not every d … more →

Tags: Debates, everyday life, Identities, Empire, Kashmir, Manu Joseph, Shal Faesal, Kashmir moving on, MC Kash

NWMI Condemns The Violent Abuse Of Meena Kandasamy64 comments

Aarti Sethi wrote 1 month ago: [We at Kafila are absolutely horrified at the abuse directed at poet and activist Meena Kandasamy fo … more →

Tags: bad ideas, everyday life, Genders, Identities, language, Right watch, ABVP, beef-eating, H

A pointless battle in Siachen: Saadut Hussain10 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 1 month ago: Guest post by SAADUT HUSSAIN   “We, the willing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We hav … more →

Tags: Centre watch, ecologies, Empire, Frontiers, Glaciers, India - Pakistan, Kashmir, Kashmir conflict, Siachen

Of Shared Spaces and Experiences in Gujarat: Ayesha Khan4 comments

Aarti Sethi wrote 1 month ago: This is a guest post by Ayesha Khan The other day, my brother dug out an old DD animation film on un … more →

Tags: bad ideas, everyday life, Identities, Gujarat, Secularism, hindu, Muslim, Riots, shared spaces

A meeting with Deepak Perwani 10 comments

Shivam Vij wrote 1 month ago: At the Lifestyle Pakistan trade exhibition that concluded in Delhi on Sunday, one stall stands out f … more →

Tags: Frontiers, Identities, Mirror Worlds, Pakistan, India - Pakistan, India-Pakistan trade, pakistan fashion, pakistan hindus, Pakistan minorities

On the India hand in Nepal2 comments

prashantjha wrote 1 month ago: In an interview with this writer for The Hindu newspaper last week, Maoist chairman Prachanda explai … more →

Tags: Frontiers, Debates, Politics, Movements, nepal, Prachanda, India & Nepal, Nepal Maoists, nepal peace process

क्या खलील चिश्ती अपने जीवन में पाकिस्तान वापिस जा पाएंगे?: आशीष महर्षि

Shivam Vij wrote 1 month ago: आशीष महर्षि पी.यू.सी.एल. के सदस्य डॉक्टर खलील चिश्ती को बैल मिलने के बाद उनके साथ बीस साल बाद भले ही … more →

Tags: Centre watch, Frontiers, Law, rajasthan, Dr Khaleel Chishty

A State of ‘Encounters’: Madhumita Dutta2 comments

Nivedita Menon wrote 1 month ago: This guest post has been written by MADHUMITA DUTTA, a Chennai-based activist and writer, in convers … more →

Tags: Government, Politics, Encounter deaths, Velachery incident, chennai police


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