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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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August 1937 [This essay on philosophy was written by Comrade Mao Tse-tung after his essay “On Practice” and with the same object of overcoming the serious error of dogmatist thinking to be found in the Party at the time. Originally delivered as lectures at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political College in Yenan, it was revised…
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Women Resist the Unholy Union of Patriarchy and Capitalism in South Asia: The Fourth Asia Newsletter
Women across South Asia continue to resist the oppressive alliance of capitalism and patriarchy. This newsletter explores economic and socio-cultural challenges women face, the violence they endure, and the powerful movements rising to demand dignity, justice, and systemic change. 12 March 2025 As we celebrated another International Working Women’s Day, an assessment of the status…
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Vipanchika Sahasri Bhagyanagar 11/Mar/2025 5 min read Aravinda and B. Anuradha’s edited volume, Viyyukka, The Morning Star: Stories by Women Revolutionaries, is an English translation of short stories written by underground Maoist women in Telugu. Representative image. Photo: Miguel Bruna/Unsplash Support Free & Independent Journalism Good morning, we need your help! Since 2015, The Wire has fearlessly…
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‘Beyond the Courtroom’ has a curated selection of Fali S. Nariman’s most influential speeches, groundbreaking articles, and illuminating lectures. Fali Nariman 06 March, 2025 12:07 pm IST Follow Us : Text Size: A-A+ The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, once said that there are three types of countries in the world: The…
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Liberty was central to the idea of Renaissance Venice, but was remarkably fragile. The republic had to guard it fiercely and expound it as a tangible way of living for flawed human beings. In the latest episode of the EI Weekly Listen, audio essays featuring our writers, Alexander Lee reveals how the Venetian city-state preserved its liberty by crafting…
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