Independent indeed, but are we free?
We can never be free from ideology, as it is the ideology that is dependent on us and feeds on our belief systems. But we have to be free from ideological hegemony to start moving into the direction of freedom.
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Deemed Natural
When it comes to such love, people deem it un-natural. He thus asks the Indian culture if this power to choose is really un-natural.
The Forgotten Army – Do we remember them or what they fought for?
What have we done with the freedom earned with blood and tears of brave men and women? Is this the country for which our brave hearts gave their everything?
Capitalism and the pursuit of freedom
Social and economic policies are tangible manifestations of the moral and spiritual perspectives the society holds dear to them. They are representations of the lexicons of morality that serve as the principle guiding values that dictate the ‘inherent’ nature of human beings. The transition from the feudal to the capitalist signaled a shift and a…
What I took home from Shaheen Bagh
I was standing in midst of hundreds, warm and unthreatened in the middle of the year’s coldest night. 20 years, and that day I felt the unbreakable spine of women.
Are we caged? Are we free?
In using our language now we’re ashamed
Laughing, larking, talking lame.
Our tradition is now getting lost
Modernism and westernization is the cost.
The unsung saga of my fight for Freedom
This need for freedom isn’t just a feeling, it’s a necessity. We are not just women, we are also humans with desires and expectations.
Goebbelsian garb and muzzled media – New media policy, 2020
Persecuting journalists in the name of curbing terrorism sounds ludicrous. ‘Media repression’ is not a panacea for the grim scenario of Jammu and Kashmir.
Poem: Exemplary model of freedom
Freedom will come when words such as unity, cooperation, brotherhood, peace will have deeper connotations and won’t just be words attached to strings loosely tied to humanity.
Protest music: A lost art?
2019 has been a year of unrest. People all around the world from Hong Kong to Chile, from France to India took to the streets to raise their voices against tyranny. All these protests have one thing in common – Protest Songs. We can hear people in the streets singing Bella Ciao, A rapist in…
How politics and society is filled with all paradoxes
It appears that in life, we are in a zero-sum game. It is full of dichotomy and paradox of all kinds. On one side, the only solution for a society to be possible appears to be the rule of law, while on the other, we find the law looking at things in black and white….
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