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Socialism and the Indian Constitution (part of a series of short volumes that Neera Chandoke and I are editing for the Centre for Equity Studies
Rooted in anti-colonial struggle, Indian socialism, despite its limitations, helped progress towards an egalitarian society. Can that pathway be reclaimed? India’s immensely respected economist and public intellectual Prabhat Patnaik masterfully assembles in the pages of a short monograph the sweep of India’s post-colonial economic history. This is in his forthcoming Socialism and the Indian Constitution (part of
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By Shadman Ali Khan The Communist Party of India (Marxist) used to have a mass base among West Bengal’s landless Muslim peasants. Today, their poor relations symbolize the party’s decline. Our new issue, “Progress,” is out now. Subscribe to our print edition at a discounted rate today. In recent years, Kerala, a southern Indian state long governed…
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Apoorvanand 27/Mar/2025 5 min read Institutions like Jnanpith are making efforts to give the language of violence legitimacy. Will our writers not see through it and refuse to be part of it? This year’s Jnanpith Award has gone to Vinod Kumar Shukla, one of the greatest Indian writers alive. Naturally, the literary world has welcomed…
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It was announced today that the 2025 Holberg Prize is awarded to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Daniela Alaattinoğlu will receive the Nils Klim Prize. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak named 2025 Holberg Laurate Today, the Holberg Prize—one of the largest international prizes awarded annually to an outstanding researcher in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology—named Indian scholar Gayatri…
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Class Actor in British Politics Critical Perspectives Mar 29, 2025 Background and Early Influences Kemi Badenoch’s life experiences span multiple socioeconomic contexts, which no doubt shape her political outlook. Born in Wimbledon to Nigerian parents who were part of the Nigerian professional elite, her father a medical doctor who owned a clinic and later founded…
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What I observed in North Dakota was shocking. Greenpeace lost the trial not because it did something wrong, but because it was denied a fair trial. Steven Donziger Mar 26, 2025 (Please consider upgrading to a paid subscription. This is one of the few ways I can generate income after Chevron took my law license…
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