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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 John Bellamy Foster and Gabriel Rockhill (Mar 01, 2025) Topics: Marxism Philosophy Places: Americas Europe soviet-union United States John Bellamy Foster is editor of Monthly Review and professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Oregon. He is the author, most recently, of The Dialectics of Ecology (Monthly Review Press, 2024). Gabriel Rockhill is the executive director of the Critical Theory Workshop/Atelier de Théorie Critique and professor of philosophy and global…
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Ramesh Karthik Nayak 08/Mar/2025 The man at the reception looked at me with a question mark on his face, as if I had wandered into the wrong building, or worse, the wrong world.’ Representative image. Photo: StockSnap/Pixabay Delhi in mid February. The air still held a winter crispness, though the afternoons had begun to thaw.…
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Lessons from George Orwell Culture Critic Mar 12, 2025 Writing has long been a pursuit cloaked in mystery. Some see it as a calling, others as a discipline, and others still as an inexplicable urge inspired by the Muses. But what is it that makes someone pick up a pen in the first place? George…
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P. Sainath 14/Mar/2025 5 min read Predatory commercialisation of the countryside has caused the largest displacements in our history. Perhaps in human history. Farmers sit outside Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh’s residence as part of gherao of the residences of AAP ministers and MLAs on the call of the United Kisan Morcha (SKM), in Amritsar, Monday,…
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Journalism isn’t dying—it’s just lost touch. Stories don’t need more reach; they need more resonance. The future belongs to those who create lived experiences, build bonds where algorithms can’t, and pankaj mishra Jan 29, 2025 Become Invisible One quiet evening, I was walking with Gautama G., the founder of Pathashaala School. The air was humid…
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