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 ...

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 ...

Latest news 7 September 2022 Announced: Mainstream, VOL 60 No 39-42 September 17 - October 8, 2022 - 4 Week Bumper issue Please take note: A bumper edition of Mainstream is to appear on Sept 17, 2022, ...

Mainstream, Vol. XLVIII, No 34, August 14, 2010 Census of Political Murders in West Bengal during CPI-M Rule—1977-2009 Sunday 22 August 2010, by D. Bandyopadhyay #socialtags ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Yorkers on 25 June celebrated the victory of 33-year-old lawyer, Zohran Mamdani over his Republican rival Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic Party’s mayoral nomination to New York City, home to 8.5 ...