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Sabrang India
Forest Dwellers to Elect Village Heads for First Time in UP
15 Apr 2021
The Vantangiya tribe lives in dense forest areas of Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Gonda and Balrampur in Eastern UP
S.N. Sahu
What Kind of Political Candidates Did Gandhi Hope Voters Would Support?
12 Apr 2021
Certainly not those who are electioneering today in the name of religion, caste, and creed.
Ajay Gudavarthy
How Long Will it Take for the Congress Party to Revive Itself?
07 Apr 2021
From Centrism, the Congress has landed in No-ism: hardly showing mettle for leadership or narratives that could dent the BJP’s ascent to power.
Sonali Kolhatkar
Universal Health Care Is a Popular Idea in America—Will Biden Keep Enriching Private Insurance or ‘Go Big’?
30 Mar 2021
If Biden really wants to go big and bold, he could start by pushing for a truly universal health care system, instead of pouring tax dollars into private insurance companies.
Smruti Koppikar
No, Sexism is Not Par for the Course During Election Campaigns
29 Mar 2021
With their blatantly sexist remarks, the Prime Minister, his BJP, and a number of other politicians and outfits are vitiating the public sphere.
Vignesh Karthik KR, Ajaz Ashraf
Why BJP’s Hindutva Runs Into the Tamil Wall
18 Mar 2021
The composite Tamil identity and the historic processes that brought different groups together is anathema to the BJP’s brand of politics.
Ajay Gudavarthy
Why Bail to Vara Vara Rao Augurs Well for Indian Democracy
16 Mar 2021
Collective rights cannot remain intact without a collective spirit. The Bombay High Court has shown such compassion lives on in India.
Bindu N. Doddahatti
Does Numerical Strength Signify Social Capital?
14 Mar 2021
An excerpt from The Shudras—Vision For a New Path edited by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd and Karthik Raja Karuppasamy.
Sonali Kolhatkar
How a Guaranteed Income Can Actually Solve Inequality
13 Mar 2021
Poverty in America disproportionately affects women and people of colour, and that is precisely what hinders political action to address it—even when solutions abound.
Ajaz Ashraf, Zaad Mahmood
Why it is Wrong and Unfair to Label Abbas Siddiqui as Communal
12 Mar 2021
By aligning with the Indian Secular Front leader, the Left has been quick to identify the socio-political phenomenon he represents.