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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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Updated on December 6, 202415 min read D. D. Kosambi Under this title, Paul Rosas (SCIENCE & SOCIETY, 1943, VII [1943], No. 2, p. 141-167) attempts to give a description and an explanation of the extraordinary social phenomenon that passes under the name of caste in India. Both “facts” and interpretation are open to objection, so…
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Updated on December 6, 202422 min read With the growth of the Dalit movement and an increasing awareness amongst Dalits, the caste question, specifically in Maharashtra, has been pushed to the forefront of political debate amongst the Marxists. As part of this debate is the latest book released by SharadPatil entitled, Das-Shudra, Gulamgiri Part-II. Earlier, Gopal…
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Updated on December 6, 202428 min read Speech delivered by Periyar in the Kanyakumari District tour, on25th and 26th Dec.1958 Published in ‘Viduthalai’ 8.1.1959 and 9.1.1959 Respectful President, Ladies and Gentlemen, I was extended an invitation to come over to the Kanyakumari District many times by your comrades. As I was busily touring in other districts,…
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Updated on December 6, 202418 min read Raktim Ghosh The issue of Identity versus class politics, has taken on quite a seriousness in the third camp of the ‘small but not insignificant’ clans of Bengal. The advent of neoliberal economics has thrown up some unresolved questions before everyone. And one of those questions is that of…
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ByRyan Zickgraf Working-class American men are getting lonelier and sicker, and their lives are getting shorter. It’s not just a sad state of affairs; it’s a full-blown crisis that demands policy solutions. “Trumpism,” our issue focusing on the global right, is out now. Subscribe to our print edition at a discounted rate today. Sometimes I think about…
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