Four years later: 9th February 2016 JNU row and India’s Reichstag fire moment
The 9th February 2016 JNU row provided the BJP-led government of Narendra Modi an opportunity to create India’s own Reichstag fire to distract the people.
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‘Kill one’s reputation, kill one’s cause’: BJP and the politics of character assassination
How the strategy of character assassination is adopted by the BJP to combat the challenge thrown by Shaheen Bagh.
Jamia Millia Islamia students’ struggle exposed Delhi Police’s Islamophobia
The Delhi Police attacked Jamia Millia Islamia University students on Friday, 13 December 2019, when they were organising a march to the Parliament against the pernicious Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, which was enacted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime after the President’s assent. The Delhi Police, which reports to Modi’s closest associate and heir apparent … Read more
JNU students’ movement: The struggle to save public education
The JNU students aren’t merely struggling against unjust fee hike by the university authorities but also to safeguard public-funded education in India.
Being objective: Analysis of Abhijit Banerjee’s Nobel Prize
Abhijit Banerjee won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for 2019. It’s imperative to do an objective analysis of his work to understand what it means.
“Democracy” is in Crisis; Kanhaiya’s Ideology too
Though Kanhaiya Kumar is an accused in the Delhi Police’s chargesheet on the 9 February 2016 JNU issue, his political views are not in favour of democracy.
JNU Chargesheet is Scripted With Modi’s Anxiety
A hastily filed 1200-page long chargesheet after three years of the JNU fiasco is actually a sign that the Modi regime is in a frantic mode at present.
Deciphering the Mysterious Letters of Comrade M
The Maharashtra Police have released two purported letters through which, they allege, the Maoists communicated with the arrested civil rights activist Rona Wilson. These letters are prima-facie evidence against Rona Wilson, which the police will use in the court. But even before the court, they’ve shown these precious catches and sensitive information to the press, … Read more
Attack on DU Students by ABVP Goons Exposed RSS Frustration
A massive clash broke between the students of Delhi University (DU) and the ABVP goons, who were paid by the RSS head office in Central Delhi to carry out a violent assault, including sexual abuse of women, at DU Wednesday afternoon. The students and teachers of Delhi University’s North Campus were protesting against the violence unleashed … Read more
Find JNU Student Najeeb – Demands Students Across India
When Narendra Modi declared his war on black money by demonetising the notes of Rs.500 and Rs.1000 on 8th November 2016, he actually wrecked a havoc on the country, which not only created a major turbulence in the economy of the country but also swept many burning issues under the carpet; one of the major … Read more
JNU and the Goebellian Propaganda of the Sangh Parivar and Corporate Media
(This article was first published in February 2016 in the previous version of People’s Review. Due to an incident of hacking the old website was pulled down and we could only restore the old articles in this section) The massive rally in support of the JNU students asserting their right to dissent and opposing the fascist … Read more
Penalty Imposed on JNU Students to Curb Dissent
After the JNU incident, political trends of a lot of individuals and parties involved in the case has changed since the release of Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and Kanhaiya Kumar, but the repressive nature of the state has remained unchanged. Now they have used JNU administration to ‘punish the revolting students’ by imposing fines and … Read more
Afzal Guru Continues to Haunt the Indian Ruling Clique
(This article was first published in February 2016 in the previous version of People’s Review. Due to an incident of hacking the old website was pulled down and we could only restore the old articles in this section) The spectre of the slain Kashmiri Afzal Guru is haunting the Indian ruling classes and their devotees very … Read more
The Conspicuous Silence of the Corporate Media on Professor Geelani Must be Combatted
It has been weeks since the arrest of Professor SAR Geelani on the charge of sedition along with Kanhaiya Kumar, and later Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya. It should be noted that Geelani was arrested from an Urdu festival that he was attending at the University of Delhi, North Campus. It should also be noted … Read more