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Pegasus and the Securitization of Politics

But since it is difficult for a ruler to be both feared and loved, it is much safer to be feared than loved, if one of the two must be...

History Desk

From Seamless to Steam-less: The Decline of the Bengali Āddā

Ah, to close one’s eyes and remember the ‘City of Joy’. The trailing trams, the marble building of the Victoria Memorial, the majestic...

Pangea Politics

Decoding the Systems: Understanding Parliamentary and Presidential Democracies

Image Credits : CNN The distinction between the presidential and the parliamentary regimes is one of the fundamental dichotomies of...

Analyses

The Dragon Respawns: A 5th Generation of Hegemony

Image Credits: The Washington Post Despite all the efforts by the US and its allies, China still remains the top supplier of 5G equipment...

Forthrightly Speaking

The Whitewashed International Media

The murder of the 46 year old George Floyd, on May 26, 2020, in Minneapolis, at the hands of a white cop has raised certain important...

Analyses

Adolescent Sexuality in India

Image Credits: Spectrum The particular topic of adolescent sexuality piqued my curiosity because of the simple fact that it is never...

Polis Review

Capital Hegemony, Authoritarianism and Academic Freedom

I The resignations of Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramanian from Ashoka University have justifiably attracted global attention...

Opinions

Cinematic Chronicles of Casteism

Jai and Veeru from the iconic film Sholay were caste-less in the 1980s, and then, with ‘progressing’ times, we acquired ‘class’ in Indian...

Pangea Politics

The Modern Vitamins: Exploring Significance of Rare Earth

‘Rare Earth’ refers to a group of seventeen chemically similar elements sharing certain exceptional magnetic and conductive properties....

Contrariwise

Countering A Respectable Queer Public: Refusals to Assimilate

“Each time we address a public, as I am doing now with these words, we draw on what seems like simple common sense. If we did not have a...

Can Art Start a Revolution?

Guest Opinion Art refers to anything created with imagination—such as a painting, a mellifluous note of music, graffiti, literature,...

Opinions

UAPA and the Subversion of Civil Liberties in India

On September 13, 2020 former PhD scholar from Jawaharlal Nehru University and a political activist, Umar Khalid was arrested by the...

Analyses

Indian Federalism and the Banal Politics of the GNCTD (Amendment) Act, 2021

Guest Opinion Introduction India is a multicultural and multifaceted country with innumerable asymmetries abound. The Indian experience...

Analyses

The Verlängert Krieg Of a Century: Israeli-Palestinian Tussle

Guest Opinion "War is when the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other" - Niko Bellic Introduction The...

A Castrated Oedipus

A Castrated Oedipus: A Manifesto of Desiring Nothing

Round One, the Platonic Ideal. Then arises a whole cluster of posh copies – of God and Divine Intervention (The Renaissance). Faith and...

Opinions

Dada Movement: Artistic Nihilism Mocks the 20’s

Nouveau Dadaism/Shitposting- Exhibit-A: A modern parody of Edvard Munch’s ‘TheScream’ Exhibit-B: A modern parody of Vermeer’s ‘The Girl...

History Desk

Learning As It Should Be: Reimagining the Noble Profession

Guest Opinion Image Credits: Parenting ‘Learning by heart’ has been an evergreen practice in the Indian context, with roots running deep...

Opinions

The Paradox of Freedom of Religion in India

Guest Opinion Introduction Image Credits: 21wilberforce Article 25 in Part III of the Indian Constitution can be formally understood as...

Why The Second Wave Is Devastating India

Image Credit: The Quint Since February 2021, the second wave of the COVID - 19 pandemic has been even more devastating than the first....

Decriminalizing Indian Politics

As a student of Political Science, I have always dreamt of an Indian political milieu free from any records of crime and criminals. Is it...

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