Latest
-
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…
ALL Posts
-
Being a prince but growing up like a refugee, being the strongest, but also mocked as a dimwit, being the fastest but called slow-minded, in the late writer’s epic novel, Bhima embodies a range of contradictions Renowned Malayalam author-filmmaker MT Vasudevan Nair passed away in Kozhikode on Wednesday at the age of 91. (Express Archive…
-
Marx & friends SubscribeSign in Gratitudes, plans, and a people’s history A moment to give thanks, look ahead to 2025, and indulge in a fascinating snippet of a people’s history Kevin Thomas Dec 22, 2024 [Painting in progress by April Burke ] “Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number— Shake your chains to earth…
-
We could have talked for hours about the Western genocide against the Palestinians. @AlnaouqA lost 21 family members from Gaza in this phase of the genocidal war by Israel. He is the host of @PDeepdive and we spoke in London about the atrocity that is now iron in the soul of the Western consciousness. Is…
-
The first two weeks of the war at the Slovak border crossing in Uzhgorod. Arena Quarterly no.12 Clinton Fernandes Dec 2022 An era came to an end in 2022. The Russian invasion of Ukraine dealt a knockout blow to a system that had been battered by repeated financial crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, fragile supply chains…
Knock nock 