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The Emergence of a ‘National’ Panopticon via Kashmir
Suspending Telegram during the Re-NEET exam exposes an administration at loggerheads with the very concept of ‘constitutional transparency’. It is nothing but a clumsy “shoot the messenger” method enforced by the absolute emasculated state to shield the executive and lawmakers from accountability.
VOICES
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Remembering Professor Sumit Sarkar : The Irreverent Historian Who Disdained Tidy Narratives
The loss of Professor Sarkar is not merely the loss of a person. It is as if an institution whose constant presence we had taken for granted for so long a time suddenly crumbled. With his demise, the ever-vanishing rank of those intellectuals who believe that the task of the intelligentsia is not limited to publishing papers and writing monographs for career advancement sitting in ivory towers thinned yet again.
EDITOR’S CHOICE
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From RG Kar to Baruipur: The Hammurabi-styled New Criminology of Majoritarianism
In incidents like that of Baruipur, crimes committed by members of minority communities against members of the majority are framed not as isolated criminal acts, but as collective civilizational assaults. The rhetoric rapidly transcends individual culpability and enters the realm of demographic anxiety, historical grievance, and cultural nationalism.
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On the ‘Rahul Gandhi Question’ : A Rejoinder to Ramachandra Guha
The larger question is not whether Rahul Gandhi deserves criticism. Every political leader does. The question is whether the condition of India’s opposition can be adequately explained by focusing primarily on one individual. It cannot.
REVIEW
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Remembering Professor Sumit Sarkar : The Irreverent Historian Who Disdained Tidy Narratives
The loss of Professor Sarkar is not merely the loss of a person. It is as if an institution whose constant presence we had taken for granted for so long a time suddenly crumbled. With his demise, the ever-vanishing rank of those intellectuals who believe that the task of the intelligentsia is not limited to publishing papers and writing monographs for career advancement sitting in ivory towers thinned yet again.