Please take note: A bumper edition of Mainstream is to appear on Sept 17, 2022, combining four issues for September 17 (Vol 60, no 39), September (...) 31 July 2022 Announced: A double issue with ...

No doubt such a holistic review is a need of the hour but one thing cannot be denied that the biggest beneficiary of this whole exercise has been the Hindutva rightwing forces who are keen to ...

Dulat’s earlier book in 2015 on Kashmir under prime minister Vajpayee had a good reception. Its well-born author and top cop ...

One could ask a question whether a heinous crime like murder be classified as “political†. A crime is generally distinguished by the motive behind it. The Oxford Dictionary of Law defines ...

Being ugly is freedom; it’s a refusal to participate in someone else’s fantasy. It is confidence without needing approval. And that is real power. This piece offers a critical analysis of two widely ...

The critical thinker, Michel Foucault, could sense the “political spirituality” and the ‘new discourse of militant Islam’ embedded in the Revolution. The genealogy of the US aggression against Muslim ...

Such was the fallout of this misadventure that Indira Gandhi who ordered this operation, of course signed by President Zail Singh as Commander-in-Chief of Indian Armed Forces, paid with her life ...

True sporting glory lies not just in lifting trophies, but also in ensuring that glory should never come at the cost of human life. The legacy of RCB’s first IPL win should be a celebration, but also ...

Both of them are bogged down by societal restrictions and demands, respectively, which expect them to act according to their prescribed gender roles. Through this article, we will try to unravel the ...

Emergency needs to be placed in the context of capitalism. Capitalism requires extraction of surplus labour as profit and when workers do go on strike they lose their profit. During emergency there ...

You are fully aware of the facts and the relentless horata of the farmers from the 13 villages in Channarayapatna Hobli of Devanahalli – with women and children at the forefront, to save their farms ...

For those of us who grew up in former colonised countries, we learnt of respect for sovereignty of independent nations, respect for international law & international fora like the United Nations, ...