15th December 2019: How the UP police reduced a university to a battleground A young doctoral scholar lay calmly on … Continue reading THE SIEGE OF ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY : A FACT FINDING REPORT!
A short biography of Isabel Mesa Delgado, life-long Spanish anarchist. “Anarchism is a beautiful path, but very rough. But you … Continue reading NESA, ISABEL, 1913-2002!
It is madness I’m surrounded by a crazy madness of being his disciple or friend or just a silent lover, … Continue reading ARNOB!
It is a polygon on our bed my arms slipping through your fingers, lips getting colder in the conspiracy of … Continue reading AND ME BY YOU!
I make love to you and I sink right in the place I belong, beside you sometimes on you just … Continue reading I’M YOUR MAN!
I have a wish to murder every God inside me trying hard to be ethical, to make me follow ethics, … Continue reading I’M NOT ETHICAL!
On 20 December, Mehmood Nagar and Khalapar—Muslim-majority neighbourhoods of Muzaffarnagar—witnessed a violent rampage by the UP police and Hindutva groups. … Continue reading In Muzaffarnagar, police and Hindutva groups attack Muslims in attempt to recreate 2013 riots
Let’s cuddle and not have sex on cold winters or when the mood is on just to keep the world … Continue reading TESTAMENT!
I don’t wish to be alive, I wish to be hers in entirety! I don’t go for her body although … Continue reading ENTIRE
It happens to be Kalyug a stage where everything is evil people around us have their intentions locked on the … Continue reading UNTIMELY!
She writes her name right two inch beside my spine the dry skin follows her touch like a road I … Continue reading LOVE ABOVE LIFE!
I live over a moss with its branches in me I eat her parts, she eats mine there’s a friendship … Continue reading DOWNS!
Every day and in every part of India, hundreds of thousands of people—mainly young people—gather on the streets to express … Continue reading PEOPLE TAKE TO STREETS TO CHALLENGE MODI’S BIGOTED, DISHONEST GOVT!
I have a complex or a disorder to the world I’m multiple men in a single body or sometime a … Continue reading WHAT AM I?
A dark night comes over like a flower inside your mouth a river rolls down from you to mine, the … Continue reading CLIPPED!
I’ll write everything you denied me from writing it is my policy to not obey you anymore this is my … Continue reading SECULARISM!
Hopeless times make me remember about how you water me each time I lose all of my hope! In the … Continue reading TOGETHER!
I’ll stand tall right on the palace you built like the last tree and read to even catch the sky … Continue reading BELIEVE IN AMBEDKAR!
I spent the lockdown by remembering the graves about how they still remain thirsty to at least see their dreams … Continue reading LOCKDOWN!
We did make love in a limbo of our desires and booked a ticket to Mussorie to get the time … Continue reading US!
Fourteen hundred bullets away I stand erect and still With my hands tied behind, my face blackened Priests read whatever … Continue reading RESISTANCE!
You’ll arrest us we will resist as a mass with our arms above our head we’d set your future with … Continue reading EAT THE FASCISTS!
The day began with a mass demonstration called by Tunisia’s trade union federation, the UGTT, in the capital Tunis. Between … Continue reading THE SIDI BOUZID REVOLUTION: BEN ALI FLEES AS PROTESTS SPREAD IN TUNISIA!
Under the shadow of guns, students of Jamia Millia Islamia University are marching forward with their hands up in the … Continue reading VIOLENCE AT JAMIA DURING CITIZENSHIP LAW PROTESTS!
Many creatures were stirring, thanks to caffeine. The comments accepted, the references done, In hopes someone might fund my first … Continue reading ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE GRANT DEADLINE!
On December 13, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights released a powerful statement that criticized India’s new citizenship … Continue reading INDIA’S GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO WAR AGAINST ITS OWN PEOPLE!
A poem in protest towards CAA or CAB – Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC, in solidarity with the struggles in … Continue reading #CAAProtests!
There is probably no concept so manipulated and misrepresented by the bourgeoisie – the historical designation of the capitalist class … Continue reading BOURGEOIS DEMOCRACY VERSUS SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY!
Tractor trolley and all are available for sale Property and shop are for sale Come buy Tata come buy Ambani … Continue reading UNHAPPY FARMER!
Home’s burning tongue’s being slashed fate is put under their truck to be smashed under our own load, I grew … Continue reading DISOBEDIENCE
After it was passed in the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) on 10 December 2019 midnight, using … Continue reading CAB 2019 shouldn’t make us forget NPR and NCR threats!
The crucifixion of El Salvador For many years, repression, torture and murder were carried on in El Salvador by dictators … Continue reading 1970-1990: The war of counter-insurgency in El Salvador!
A new biography of Hitler offers us a warning from history. There are more ways of destroying a democracy than … Continue reading The Ways to Destroy Democracy!
One can recognise the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise as the best example of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s signature magic show. Whatever … Continue reading How the BJP is fooling the Hindus using the NRC and Citizenship Bill?
I am free from you from everyone like you, you do not tell me anything whom I should love or … Continue reading LONG LIVE REVOLUTION!
What is the idea of public education in India? To answer the question, it is imperative to first understand the … Continue reading JNU and the Ambedkarite idea of public education!
Vigilantism will not thrive if the criminal justice system is made to work Member of Parliament Jaya Bachchan’s remark … Continue reading How Legal System Fails Women, One Lynching at a Time!
Last month, the Supreme Court delivered a much-awaited opinion in Committee of Creditors of Essar Steel v Satish Kumar Gupta … Continue reading The Supreme Court’s IBC Judgment and the Continuing Problems with “Manifest Arbitrariness”
A ‘Restoration of Democracy’ march, part on feet and part on vehicles, was planned from Jammu to Srinagar between November … Continue reading Despite hurdles Restore Democracy March ‘succeed’ in reaching Srinagar from Jammu!
I have known tragedies, I have seen sins I forget them for the amnesia inside your packed fins We have … Continue reading HER PERFUME!
Mankind is patriarchal the man here drives a monopoly he invests his power on the powerfuls just because she has … Continue reading VIRGINITY !
While the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is not yet law, its implications are so dangerous that it’s necessary to call upon … Continue reading WHY THE CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2019 IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
To get cured is a myth when I have a disease of yours, often the fever is exchanged in winters … Continue reading ALL ABOUT HER!
It is not some chicken that rests on those breasts they feed your next generation pluck them out and you’ll … Continue reading RAPE-UBLIC!
The BJP-led Union government is determined to table the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in this parliamentary session, after it lapsed … Continue reading THE CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) BILL IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
On the day I see my sister, a man in a metal hat leans over the ropes and says: Be … Continue reading THE GARDEN’S FIRST RULE!
We grow plants on our arms and legs they grow to pour the thanks we need when there’s no one … Continue reading I CALL HER SAPPHIRE… (2)!
Tribal Languages in India – Part I Introduction India, as we all know is a land full of diversity – … Continue reading TRIBAL LANGUAGES IN INDIA – (1/4)
We failed again to have a life in death they burn for they’re allowed we watch, we outrage and poof! … Continue reading UNNAO!
On the borders have I stood long Of two worlds bewildering One that I have left behind The other that’s … Continue reading ON THE BORDERS!
Dr. Ambedkar has called his first Guru Buddha not the liberator but the guide. Even though Dr. Ambedkar was opposed … Continue reading THE EYES OF DR. AMBEDKAR’S LAST VISIT WERE SEEN, THE WHOLE COUNTRY HAD COME TO A STANDSTILL!
On a certain land, I strike my chord Where points are added on a pointless myth And trumpets are alarmed, … Continue reading HE LOVE’S A SHE!
Stop expecting anything from the system. The system is misogynist. It won’t be of any good when the rapists are … Continue reading IF YOU’RE PARENT!
Dr B R Ambedkar’s speech in the Constituent Assembly on 25th November 1949, presenting the Indian Draft Constitution for approval. … Continue reading DR. AMBEDKAR’S LAST SPEECH IN THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ON ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION (NOVEMBER 25, 1949)
Fallen leaves, broken hands all it takes is one day to lose them, I have lost them all to know … Continue reading BHARATIYA SANSKRITI!
I’m done, you’re done let’s get the undone done it is said a girl is raped for none! The scene … Continue reading HEART WROTE IN PEN!
Night is a pillow on which I rest, just to wake up dead in your arms like a moth living … Continue reading I CALL HER SAPPHIRE!
I’ve a woman here inside me, lurking through my lips and hips a tender leaf covers my edge legs of … Continue reading WATCHING!
In a brewer, a bee bumbles migrating from the heart of green it stormed into this to feed the queen, … Continue reading HOLD ME TIGHT O GIRL!
Do everything, enjoy but don’t forget every three seconds, three women are raped in the biggest democracy. Enjoy your meal, … Continue reading ANGRY!
Nation which sells itself to murderers ain’t my nation! Nation where blood of Prophet flows ain’t my nation! Nation where … Continue reading AIN’T MY NATION!
“Nations are not something eternal. They began, so they will come to an end” said Ernest Renan in his celebrated … Continue reading NIP, NATIONALISM, POPULISM AND NEOLIBERALISM!
On the morning of 1 December 2014, the family of 48-year-old judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya, who was presiding over the … Continue reading A FAMILY BREAKS ITS SILENCE : SHOCKING DETAILS EMERGE IN DEATH OF JUDGE PRESIDING OVER SOHRABUDDIN TRIAL!
WHERE IS A hedonist to look for his heroes? Not to the religious traditions of the East, to be sure: … Continue reading A PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE TO HEDONISM!
None of you remember me I have been in Godhra and Pokhran, just like I’ve been in Kashmir and Nagaland, … Continue reading THE HUMAN IN!
VP Singh, the eighth Prime Minister of India, can be seen mainly in two ways. One camp says that by … Continue reading WHY VP SINGH IS THE TRAGEDY KING OF INDIAN POLITICAL HISTORY!
How do you know if students are suffering from mental health problems and how to help them when they do? … Continue reading HOW TO HELP SOLVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG STUDENTS!
Jotirao Phule, also known as Jyotiba Phule, is the first hero of the freedom struggle of Shudras-Atishudras, women and farmers … Continue reading Why did AMBEDKAR consider Jyotiba Phule as his mentor?
The Hindutva fascist Union government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological parent, Rashtriya … Continue reading MODI’S INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CODE, 2019, LAUNCHED THE SEVEREST ASSAULT ON THE INDIAN WORKFORCE!
The period 1990 and beyond is a time of social justice in Indian politics, as the Mandal Commission’s recommendations came … Continue reading TEMPLE, RAM AND BAHUJAN!
For some academicians, Vishwanath Pratap Singh was a politician who ushered in India the silent revolution by empowering the underclass, … Continue reading IT’S A PUZZLE WHY CO SINGH WAS NEVER ACCEPTED BY OBCs EVEN AFTER MANDAL COMMISSION!
On the advice of the Government of India and the Government of India, the State Governments are celebrating Constitution Day … Continue reading WHY IS THE FESTIVAL OF DALITS CONSTITUTION DAY AND WHO WANT TO REVIEW IT!
Before saying “sis/motherfucker” to anyone, think would you fuck your mother or sister? Before stalking her breasts, think would you … Continue reading QUESTIONS?
I’m a slow poison you drink every night just to have a tight sleep with birds falling off the edges … Continue reading MENSTRUATE!
The Indian Constitution, adopted by the constituent assembly on 26 November 1949, has not only survived but also sustained India’s … Continue reading INDIA’S FOUNDERS GAVE US OUR CONSTITUTION. WE MUST PROVE TO THEM THAT WE CAN KEEP IT!
On the 70 year of the making of the Indian Constitution, here is an important question. Why does the Dalit … Continue reading INDIAN DEMOCRACY’S BIG CONTRADICTION – DALITS CHERISH CONSTITUTION, PRIVILEGED WANT A RETHINK!
Many of the books of Dr. BR Ambedkar, chairman of the drafting committee of the constitution and the first law … Continue reading DR. BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS TAUGHT AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NOT INDIA!
On 26 November 1949, the Constituent Assembly accepted the draft of the Constitution, which was prepared by the Drafting Committee … Continue reading WHY DR. AMBEDKAR IS CALLED THE CREATOR OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION!
We saw an interesting twist to an unambiguous peoples verdict in Maharashtra. The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance campaigning on an unabashed … Continue reading MAHARASHTRA : DEMOCRACY WINS? THE LOSERS TAKE IT ALL.!
Truth has a bare body Lies are mystery Some words live with them They hate to choose one But which … Continue reading INCHES!
Several friends have chosen the party-politics route to social change. They believe that great leaders can transform the destiny of … Continue reading WILL GOOD POLITICS REDEEM US?
What is ‘Social Artivism’? At the Blue Ribbon Movement, the ongoing journey is of becoming ‘Social Artivists’. I am one … Continue reading WHAT IS ‘SOCIAL ARTIVISTS’?
In my home, I store memories beside the vase is the dead butterfly her whiskers have words of reminiscence from … Continue reading EMPTINESS!
I can’t stay, mother. I love you, but I wasn’t born to please you I wasn’t born to make you … Continue reading I CAN’T STAY!
Fountain pen unfurling from the curls After the blood carpet why history never unfurls Everyone makes a full stop with … Continue reading EMPRESS WITH A PEN!
It wasn’t love. I looked her in the eyes while she looked past me to something that had caught her … Continue reading TELL ME, WHAT WAS IT IF IT WASN’T LOVE!
He don’t exist Her demons snickered Laughing in her face That one you call your dream man A ploy, to … Continue reading DREAM MAN!
The saddened child edges going dull like iron rusted and busted in monsoon the blanket had wetness of a woman … Continue reading TAMASHA!
If you want to know freedom, ask a lunatic Ask a beggar what food is! Food will find the doorstep … Continue reading IGNORED!
To many, Helen Keller is a symbol of unyielding perseverance in the face of adversity. Rightfully so. But she was … Continue reading Helen Keller: The Hands That Produce Should Be the Hands That Benefit
The world is packed with red blood and white bones sometimes they exchange colours might be to give a challenge … Continue reading TO DEATH!
Why the picture on poverty is incomplete On Friday, the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (Mospi) announced that the … Continue reading WHY THE NSS CONSUMER EXPENDITURE SURVEY WON’T BE RELEASED. IT CONFIRMS THE POOR HAVE JUST GOTTEN POORER UNDER MODI!
Life is short Who do you want to kill Something you hate or fear The place of hate is inside … Continue reading LIFE IS SHORT!
Born of two mothers, impregnated by same father Here we stand, you pluck flowers, I stew our meal Our arteries … Continue reading THE SEED OF RAPISTS!
Deactivate the always busy head Be in the midst of a never seen nomad Enjoy the flute they play with … Continue reading DEACTIVATED NOMADS!
Sing to me a fable full of men in camouflage there they’d tie ties for the rebels and pen azaadi … Continue reading HOPE OF A STORY!
The Forest Rights Act (FRA) was enacted to undo the historical injustice against Forest Dwelling Scheduled Tribe and other forest … Continue reading FRA CONTINUES TO BE PLAGUED BY CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTATION!
I met her in winter watering spring in puberty dark tales had sun opening to them arrested by dreams, loaded … Continue reading ONE I LOVE!
Nation arrests activists Real thugs make movies Fight against the radar Then you are an offender As the ghost plays … Continue reading ARREST US!
Today us Rezangla Day. A day we must never forget. It’s a day when the spirit of heroism and sacrifice … Continue reading REMEMBER REZANGLA DAY!
The Reader's Digest Guide to Intimate Relations 