Hindutva has become a war-machine. It is directed against the secular fabric of our country. Most of its adherents like to stay under its semantic glow. It means several things to several people. it is a counter-sign or an empty signifier that changes its meaning depending on the context. To its adherents, it is milk and honey. To its...
Our Echo Chamber and Voices our Dissent
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has set India on fire. Indians of all walks of life seem to have sensed the sinister designs of the ruling BJP. The secularists can notice its communal bias while the liberals can view its caste-ladeness as it exhibits a desire to expel an excess that is deemed as impure. What it can do...
The Dawn of Second Freedom
The violence that erupts from the scission of self and its other is on the increase across the Globe. Identity politics has gripped humanity everywhere. It has led to the rise of what has been named as rightwing populism. Populist leaders prey on the fears of the people and mobilize the public towards their political and economic agendas. Unequal...
