TopicLeft-Wing

Topic: Left-Wing

A Communist Ram Rajya? Satyabhakta is a forgotten figure of ‘Hindu Left’

Charu Gupta - 16 August, 2021

Satyabhakta was a marginalised and maligned figure in Indian communism, who challenged the monopolistic single-mindedness of communism's official practitioners.

RSS-backed NGO blames Left-wing, Christian missionary groups for Palghar lynching

Fatima Khan - 29 August, 2020

Vivek Vichar Manch’s fact-finding inquiry reports says the incident was not spontaneous, and that ‘real culprits aligned to Left-wing or other political parties are not yet touched’.

Stretching the Overton Window from Amit Shah to Shaheen Bagh

Shivam Vij - 14 February, 2020

If we didn’t have Shaheen Bagh, the centre for a populist like Arvind Kejriwal would have been further on the Right.

No soft Hindutva, no Left Revolution, Kejriwal establishing a new centre in Indian politics

Rama Lakshmi - 3 February, 2020

If Arvind Kejriwal's pragmatic soft-nationalism does well in Delhi election, then it will offer a template for national and regional politics to counter the BJP’s rise.

For free-thinking JNU, lack of diversity in faculty, students, courses has been a curse

Dinesh Singh - 22 January, 2020

During its formative years, faculty appointments at JNU were made keeping in mind the candidate’s Left leanings. Over time, this didn’t serve JNU well.

You can’t cancel Modi, RSS: Why US-style identity politics won’t help Indian liberals’ fight

Asim Ali - 23 December, 2019

A corrosive strain of American Left-wing identity politics has taken root among the progressive sections of the young, urban elite in India. But it won’t defeat RSS.

Sabarimala temple opens today but Kerala’s Leftist government makes a U-turn on women’s entry

PTI - 16 November, 2019

The Lord Ayyappa temple will open for the two-month long pilgrim season, but Kerala Tourism Minister says women and activists need a court order for entry.

India’s Right-wing doesn’t mind different voices within. That’s what separates it from Left

Ajit Datta - 5 October, 2019

Pondy Lit Fest organiser disagrees with Abhijit Iyer-Mitra’s observation that India’s Right needs a ‘binding glue’ to take on narratives set by the Left.

Pondy Lit Fest shows India’s Right-wing has more disagreements within

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra - 29 September, 2019

The 2nd edition of Pondy Lit Fest, attended by leading Right-wing figures like Swapan Dasgupta, Kanchan Gupta and Tavleen Singh, saw huge on-stage fights.