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  • Claustropolis: 1984

    “Claustropolis: 1984” is excerpted from a forthcoming novel. In Bhopal, I could lie low. In Bhopal, there would be instructions for me. Because I had been told not to take the express, I traveled on a local, in an unreserved bogie. The whiskey was Director’s Special, a parting gift from Gupta’s people. I didn’t even…

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  • ‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?

    By exploiting the Christian clergy’s support for ‘love jihad’, the BJP made a last ditch effort in Kerala where the party has yet to win a Lok Sabha seat. Jimmy James Apr 23, 2024 · 09:00 am It is rare for a film to be re-released. When it does happen, it is mostly for its…

  • Democracy: A new book questions whether the people (or the experts) are always right

    An excerpt from ‘Adventures in Democracy: The Turbulent World of People Power’, by Erica Benner. Erica Benner Yesterday · 08:30 am Democracies have always had a knowledge problem, or at least an ignorance problem. Elites in ancient Athens complained about the ignorance of the hoi polloi, which means “the many”, and wondered whether it makes…

  • Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977

    Authoritarianism crushes the spirit. Majoritarianism poisons the mind and the heart. Their rise must be stopped. Ramachandra Guha Apr 21, 2024 · 06:30 am Indians have begun voting in the country’s 18th general election. Of the 17 previous iterations, two were particularly important. One was the first general election, held in 1951-1952. That exercise was…

  • Imagining a Free Palestine

    5 MINUTE READ IDEAS BY AHMAD IBSAIS APRIL 18, 2024 6:00 AM EDT Ahmad Ibsais is a first-generation Palestinian American who writes the newsletter State of Siege. “Where is Ahmad?” The soldier called my name while we were stopped at the last Israeli checkpoint on the way from Ramallah to Jerusalem. I am a Palestinian American. But once…

  • Capitalism is the single greatest source of violence

    By Jason Hickel (Posted Apr 24, 2024) Originally published: Pearls and Irritations  on April 23, 2024 (more by Pearls and Irritations) Capitalism, Empire, Imperialism, InequalityAsia, China, Cuba, Europe, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Russia, Ukraine, United StatesNewswire What the present moment reveals, once again, is that Western aggression during the “Cold War” was never about destroying socialism, as such. It was about destroying…

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