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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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An excerpt from ‘The World After Gaza’, by Pankaj Mishra. Pankaj Mishra Jan 21, 2025 · 09:50 am Excerpted with permission from The World After Gaza, Pankaj Mishra, Juggernaut. The Shoah scarred several Jewish generations; Jewish Israelis in 1948 experienced the birth of their nation-state as a matter of life and death, and then again in 1967…
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics… Classical Wisdom Jan 20, 2025 Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, One of the things I love about Martin Luther King Jr (besides the obvious being a champion of civil rights of course) was his relationship to the Classics. Dr. King did not read the classics in a pedantic…
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Ramzy Baroud FacebookTwitterRedditBlueskyEmail Youtube screenshot. Following every Israeli war on Gaza, numerous narratives emerge. Some claim victory for one side and defeat for the other, while others—knowingly or unknowingly—attempt to exploit the aftermath for their own purposes. The latter is not always nefarious, as the humanitarian calamities resulting from Israel’s actions are undeniable—especially as Israel…
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Barathi Nakkeeran square haunting January 18, 2025 Every year, I try to write my thoughts on what Rohith’s death means to me, and I fail. At first, I felt it inappropriate to pen a note, irresponsible even. I belong to a dominant OBC community that has been responsible for caste murders of Dalits for decades…
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