Viewpoints

AN AGE OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES‍

Ponmala If America is home to white supremacy, India is home to caste supremacy. Supremacy puts an individual over another by virtue of his birth. A dalit who employs a Brahmin is therefore inferior to his employee. A supremacist will fight tooth and nail to preserve that birthright. It is no coinci

Lessons from the American Presidential Election 2020

Dr Nishant A.Irudayadason Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune. The long duration of counting ballots has surprised many people. This has fuelled suspicion for the most die-hard Trump supporters. The president had anticipated it in his speeches or tweets for several months, sowing doubt. Donald Trump has taken legal action. But it’s not just […]

A TALE OF TWO DEMOCRACIES

Ponmala Trump loses, Trumpism triumphs in America; Modi wins, Modism triumphs in India. That sort of symbolises both the similarities and dissimilarities that exist between the world’s most powerful democracy and the world’s largest democracy as of now. Politically, both Trump and Modi are birds of the same feather. Trump has hinged his wagon to […]

The Worrying Rise of Intolerance in India

Dr Nishant A. Irudayadason Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune. Threats to critics and journalists, monitoring of culture, violence against religious minorities, all these are pointers to the Indian democracy being challenged by art nationalist Hindu nationalism. Along with democracy, the very idea of a diverse and tolerant India is being challenged. Ever […]

THE RIGHTWING STRIKES BACK

Ponmala Socialism was a product of the age of enlightenment. It sought to abolish slavery and bonded labour and to reduce the gap between haves and have-nots, the privileged and the underprivileged, the landlord and the peasant, the capitalists and the workers… It has had its violent face in the form of Leninist revolutions that […]

Farmers’ Legitimate Anger towards the New Bills on Farm Reform

Dr Nishant A.Irudayadason Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune. Three major bills concerning the agricultural sector have been passed by parliament despite demands for revision from almost all opposition parties, demonstrations by farmers and the resignation of the Minister of Food Processing Industries, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, whose party disagrees with the government on this matter. […]

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