For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Neha Thombre When the Union government announced that the National School of Drama (NSD) would stage a play on the life of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 150th birth anniversary across major Indian cities, it seemed at first glance more like a political agenda than a national tribute. Of course, Patel was one of the …
Umar Nizar Orientalism as a discipline has been detrimental to the fortunes of eastern civilisations, particularly that of India. The translation of a corpus of Indic heritage by the likes of Max Meuller rendered India susceptible to military interference and onslaught by great powers in the age of steam-powered industrialisation. The inscrutability of China can …
Anand Kshirsagar “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent and that is power. Because they control the minds of the masses”. – Malcolm X This is especially true in the use of films by the ruling establishment of India. …
Vikas Bagde To unite a diverse mass, one must create an external enemy, so that by considering such an enemy as a severe threat to their interests, those diverse people can be united. After that, it becomes very easy for a ruler to keep control of them and divert all their attention from any …
Dr. N. Sukumar Abstract Historically, the philosophical roots of the RSS can be located in German National Socialism and the former has constantly strived to live up to the ideals of its mentors. This is best illustrated when the RSS indulges in Goebbelsian doublespeak to further its exclusivist nationalism. A lie spoken repeatedly becomes the …