Tag: politics
The Emerging Interface of Politics, Academics and Culture: A Conversation with Prof. Irfan Ahmad
The New Leam conducted an engaging conversation with Prof. Irfan Ahmad on politics, culture and academics in contemporary times. Here is an excerpt from the conversation.
Sexism, Misogyny and the Debunking of an Informed Political Debate this Election Season
Sexism inherent in Indian politics demeans and puts down women, recent attacks on politicians like Atishi Marlena from AAP point toward the deterioration in Indian politics.
Crucial Aspects of Women’s Empowerment Negated during Modi Regime
POLICY MAKERS / From the allocation of pension to widows to lack of schooling and employment opportunities for women, the nation has witnessed continued neglect of women’s empowerment over the last five years.
Why ‘Civility’ is so rare in Indian Politics
The absence of a civil and cultivated culture of debate within the Indian democracy and the unrestrained use of derogatory and abusive discourse shall be an urgent and collective concern.
The Emergence of India’s Political Youth
From national level parties with infrastructural strengths to candidates born out of student politics and grassroot concerns- is the Indian political scenario experiencing change?
Obscenity and Degradation of the Indian Political Discourse: Does Rajiv Gandhi Matter 30 Years...
COMMENTARY / Dragging Former PM Rajiv Gandhi into the present political discourse by the BJP maybe an attempt to mobilise the Sikh voters, but it has certainly pulled down the level of politics at an unprecedentedly low level.
When the Scholars Reflect on the Idea of a University…
BOOK REVIEW / 'Utopias are sweet dreams', wrote Kant, but to strive relentlessly towards them is the duty of the citizen and of the statesmen as well. Universities must stand for these ideal causes which can never be lost so long as men seek wisdom and follow righteousness.
‘The Pink List’: Queer Representation in Indian Politics and the Lok Sabha Elections
‘ The Pink List’ is a list of Indian politicians contesting the on-going Lok Sabha elections, who have shown support and worked towards integration of the LGBTQ community and their representation in Indian politics.
The Politics of Caste and Factionalism, Looking for an Alternative Politics in Bihar
POLITICS / Bihar’s regional parties have played on caste dynamics; this has denied entry to nationalist parties into the state post Emergency. Will Bihar vote in favour of a political alternative, this election?
For How Long Do We Bear This Insult as Voters?
Democracy, for us, remains limited to a merely ritualistic act of voting every five years. We have no control over the parties; the candidates are imposed on us. We can at best 'choose' the 'lesser evil'. It is sad that all alternatives have already been branded as either problematic or utopian. Hence, we laugh at a fossilized Gandhi, or an impossible Marx. Or for that matter, Ambedkar, for us, is just a statue.
