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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 Hanna Perekhoda Published 8 February, 2025 MastodonFacebookTwitterEmail First published in Revolutionary Russia. On the centenary of Vladimir Lenin’s death, this article revisits his pre-1917 writings on the right of nations to self-determination from the perspective of his Ukrainian contemporary, Lev Yurkevych. Unlike the well-known polemic between Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg, the critique of Lenin’s views on national…
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Ghatak was born in Dhaka, then in East Bengal, in 1925. He grew up in a family of intellectuals and writers and was exposed to various forms of art and literature from an early age. He was deeply affected by the partition of India in 1947, which divided Bengal into two parts and displaced millions…
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In The Philosophy of Translation, Damion Searls investigates the essential differences—and similarities—between the task of the translator and of the writer. Lily MeyerShare https://instaread.co/player?article=the-art-of-reading-like-a-translator&publication=thenation&article_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenation.com%2Farticle%2Fculture%2Fdamion-searls-philosophy-translation&version=1739106000000 By just about any measure, Damion Searls, an American translator of German, Norwegian, French, and Dutch, is one of the leading practitioners of his art. He has translated the works of widely…
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Hinduised India is closely emulating Pakistan’s example, by replacing collective joy and spontaneity with sectarian bile and vengeful anger. Ramachandra Guha 9 hours ago Read in App Many years ago, while working on a social history of sport, I came across some news reports of a Test match played in Lahore in 1955. The cricket…
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ByCruz Bonlarron Martínez Jorell Meléndez-Badillo worked with trap superstar Bad Bunny on his new album to inform fans about Puerto Rico’s history of popular struggle. His work as a historian is part of an important political moment that Puerto Ricans are now going through. Our new issue, “Bye Bye Bidenism,” is out now. Subscribe to our print…
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