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‘Dear Comrade’: A not so love story

‘Dear Comrade’: A not so love story

The much hyped Telugu movie Dear Comrade released in cinemas last month & made its digital debut on Amazon Prime recently. The Rashmika Mandanna & Vijay Deverakonda pair returned to screens after their hugely successful outing Geetha Govindam.  Dear Comrade was a highly anticipated film because of various reasons – Deverakonda’s rising stardom, its release…

Why Greta Thunberg’s privilege should not be criticized

Why Greta Thunberg’s privilege should not be criticized

The viral activist concerning climate change, Greta Thunberg, is apparently the highest paid activist (it was disputed though). She is also from a privileged family of artists from Sweden. Though she appears to be popular since a year after a protest in front of the Swedish parliament, she attracted more popularity after the recent “How…

Is there a root cause for the Kashmir issue that needs to be addressed?

Is there a root cause for the Kashmir issue that needs to be addressed?

Under the just lit fluorescent street lights and in the midst of a busy city bus stop at Mehdipatnam in Hyderabad, I was once slapped in my face by a person whose religious identity I did not know. After slapping me twice, the person warned me saying, “Hyderabad musalmaanon ka hein…Hyderabad mein muslamaanon hi rehna hain”…

Why all is not well with student politics in India

Why all is not well with student politics in India

The end of the students’ union elections (2017) at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) coincided with the beginning of protests at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) against an alleged case of sexual violence. Social media, which had served as an important platform for campaigning during the UoH elections, was flooded with appeals from students at…

Intraparty Democracy, Another Indian Irony

Intraparty Democracy, Another Indian Irony

Political Parties are institutions that play a major role in managing the complex politics of modern times. They perform important functions such as recruiting leaders, shaping public opinion and providing a framework to simplify and organize ideas and issues in society. In other words, the decisions that are made in the parties filter choices that…