For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Karthik Navayan Gramsci uses the analogy of civil society as a system of trenches and redoubts surrounding the state1. All political attempts by the underprivileged classes–castes in Indian context–to overcome the barriers are drowned by the development sector that claims for itself the status of the civil society. Does the civil society, popularly understood …
Shaheen Ahmed Last weekend after I woke up in the morning, I went through my usual morning ritual of turning on my computer after a cup of coffee and leafing through my mails and social media feed. It’s not surprising to see pictures, videos, website links, memes, etc. go viral over Facebook or Twitter …
Cynthia Stephen (Cynthia shares her reflections on the recent debate over violence against women through a poem and a short note) Don’t cry for me. Don’t cry for me. Don’t cry for me. Anonymous I may be to you, but I have a name, a self. I too get thirsty But when I go …