The Remnants Of Consumerism
Once, renowned Bengali poet Sudhindranath Dutta wrote: “Will he end up eating himself out of hunger?” (Verse: Ostrich or Uthpakhi; উটপাখি in Bengali) Perhaps, it would be difficult to find […]
On Techno-Feudalism
Imagine one has just moved to a new city which has shopping malls, parks, cafés, theatres, etc. People are shopping, listening to music and buying books in one of those […]
Liberalism, Marxism & Contemporary Political Thoughts
Liberalism & Marxism: Ideological Foundations and Political PracticesBy Ahmed Hasan Liberalism and Marxism represent two major intellectual paradigms that have shaped contemporary political thoughts. They are not merely philosophical frameworks, […]
What Lies Beyond The Great Wall
One cannot find pictures of Mao Zedong, slogans on walls, English words and posters of any blockbuster movie anywhere in Beijing! There are only roads go around the capital city […]
Constructing & Deconstructing The Refugee Issue!
Refugees are the inevitable surplus of Capitalism. Like a monolith, they control the Global Politics and State Policies. Not a single country wants to create refugees even during an economic […]
‘Classical History’ Versus ‘Ancient History’
Historian Dr C I Isaac, the head of a sub-committee of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT, an autonomous organisation set up by the Government of India […]
Problematic Age
No country in the world is free of problems; however, different countries face different types of problems. Each and every political outfit is taking advantage of these problems, in order […]
The Great Conflict Of Our Time
The global community has witnessed a steady decline in Democracy in different parts of the globe, in the last three decades. It is not that aspiring Military Generals have undermined […]
A Somewhat Different ‘Past’
Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin recently said that he used to drive a taxi to supplement his income, following the fall of the Soviet Union. In upcoming documentary film, dubbed […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 