Kabir lives in legends which are numerous and demand history-rooted readings, considering the vibrant complexity of the time during which he lived and ‘spoke’. One such reading of the popular (one of the most popular, as even illiterate north Indians…
The private sector dominates the contemporary healthcare system in India. As a result the working poor experience adverse health outcomes (Qadeer 2013). The healthcare experience of countries such as Cuba indicates that universal healthcare is achievable at relatively low cost…
Photographs in journalism can be viewed as standard evidence for historical occurrences which tend to acquire a hidden political significance. Such photographs demand attention and interpretation that can make sense of the reality captured in a particular space and time.…
There is a great and natural tendency to think that Hind Swaraj represents the reactionary Gandhi who opposed modernity, a position from which he slowly back-pedaled over the next few decades, as he allowed the experience of the long anti-colonial…
Ritual remembrance has its uses. It is, therefore, not inconsequnetial that Gandhi should at least continue to be routinely remebered on the day he was born and the day he was killed. Besides, our avidness for celebrations and his exceptionally…
I should clarify at the outset that I am neither a Gandhi scholar nor a Gandhian. I am in no position to say anything on how Gandhi’s thinking on unemployment evolved, or its complexities. My reason for talking at all…
On 23 November 1925, after two days of agony M. K. Gandhi decided to go on a fast for seven days. There was a ‘moral lapse’ among the young boys and some girls at the Satyagraha Ashram at Sabarmati. This…
History and Class Consciousness – Lukacs’ interpretation of Marx, together with the reification chapter of the book – still commands a certain authority. But the book’s political texts, which Lukács thought originated from the same source as the book’s philosophical…
It is a good way to start with Samir Amin’s family background to understand his development as a fiercely committed Marxist who all his life tried to change the world. All the disappointments and defeats of the cause he espoused…
Masculinity seems to be a fairly recent historical product. It is no longer a silent turf in gender studies but because of its late appearance in the world of social sciences, especially within Indian context, the discipline has still to…