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In Defence of Secularism: On the Use of Religious Slogans in Politics

Subin Dennis
07 October 2017

There’s a debate in JNU now on the use of religious expressions as part of political slogans.

As the results of the elections to the posts of student representatives to the Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH) were being declared, some activists of the Students Islamic Organisation (SIO), the students wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami (an Islamist fundamentalist outfit), and some activists of the Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Association (BAPSA), which is an ally of SIO, used the term “Insha Allah” as part of a political slogan.

JNU: Why the United Left?

Subin Dennis
08 September 2016

The JNU Students Union Elections 2016-17 are scheduled to be held on 9 September 2016. For the first time in history, two left organisations - the Students' Federation of India (SFI) and the All India Students' Association (AISA) which used to be bitter rivals have come together this year to contest the elections in JNU under the banner of Left Unity.

A lot of friends from all across the country have been asking how this came about, and what the meaning of this unity is.

On Brexit, or Why the EU Ought to Go

Subin Dennis
24 June 2016
A quick note on Brexit from a Left perspective. Well, not just on Brexit.


1. The Economic Crisis continues to make its impact felt

The worldwide economic crisis that began in 2008 and which is still continuing is the single biggest driver of social and political change in the world today.

Emergency Files: Part 5 - A.K. Gopalan writes to Indira Gandhi in protest against the repression in JNU

Subin Dennis
18 March 2016

(As students all across India are fighting to defend their political freedom from assaults by the central government and the Sangh Parivar, Bodhi Commons is republishing the Emergency Files, a series of pamphlets brought out by the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) in Jawaharlal Nehru University, during the period of the Emergency (1975-77). This is the fifth part of the series.

Emergency Files: Part 4 – JNUSU President D. P. Tripathi and Councillor Sitaram Yechury Arrested

Subin Dennis
06 March 2016

(As students all across India are fighting to defend their political freedom from assaults by the central government and the Sangh Parivar, Bodhi Commons is republishing the Emergency Files, a series of pamphlets brought out by the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) in Jawaharlal Nehru University, during the period of the Emergency (1975-77). This is the fourth part of the series.

Emergency Files: Part 3 – JNU student Prabir Purkayastha kidnapped, Ashok Lata Jain expelled

Subin Dennis
01 March 2016

As students all across India are fighting the central government's nefarious attempts to curtail their political freedom, Bodhi Commons is republishing the Emergency Files, a series of pamphlets brought out by the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) in Jawaharlal Nehru University, during the period of the Emergency (1975-77). This is the third part of the series.

Emergency Files: How the Students of JNU Fought the Emergency - Part 2

Subin Dennis
26 February 2016

As students all across India are fighting the central government's nefarious attempts to curtail their political freedom, Bodhi Commons is republishing the Emergency Files, a series of pamphlets brought out by the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) in Jawaharlal Nehru University, during the period of the Emergency (1975-77). This is the second part of the series. The first part can be read here.

Emergency Files: How the students of JNU fought the Emergency

Subin Dennis
22 February 2016

As students all across India are fighting the central government's nefarious attempts to curtail their political freedom, Bodhi Commons is republishing the Emergency Files, a series of pamphlets brought out by the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University, during the period of the Emergency (1975-77).

ഗ്രീസിൽ സംഭവിക്കുന്നതെന്ത്? 11 ചോദ്യങ്ങളും ഉത്തരങ്ങളും

Subin Dennis
05 July 2015

പുരാതന ഗ്രീസിലെ വിശ്രുത നാടകകാരന്മാരായിരുന്ന ഈസ്കിലസിന്റെയും സോഫോക്ലിസിന്റെയും യൂറിപ്പിഡിസിന്റെയും ദുരന്തനാടകങ്ങൾ വിഖ്യാതമാണ്. കടുത്ത സാമ്പത്തിക തകർച്ചയിലൂടെയും സാമൂഹ്യ പ്രതിസന്ധിയിലൂടെയും കടന്നുപൊയ്ക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന ഇന്നത്തെ ഗ്രീസിലെ സംഭവവികാസങ്ങൾ ഒരു ദുരന്തനാടകമായി വിലയിരുത്തപ്പെടുന്നു എന്നുള്ളത് ചരിത്രത്തിന്റെ നിയോഗമായിരിക്കാം. 2008-ൽ ആരംഭിച്ച് ഇന്നും തുടരുന്ന ആഗോള സാമ്പത്തിക പ്രതിസന്ധിയുടെയും, 2009-ൽ ആരംഭിച്ച യൂറോപ്യൻ കടപ്രതിസന്ധിയുടെയും ഭാഗവും ബാക്കിപത്രവുമാണ് ഗ്രീസിലെ പ്രശ്നങ്ങൾ. എന്താണു ഗ്രീസിൽ സംഭവിക്കുന്നത്?

കേരളത്തിന്റെ പ്രാചീന-മധ്യകാലചരിത്രം: ഇ എം എസിന്റെ മാര്‍ക്സിയന്‍ വിശകലനം
Deepak R.
അവകാശങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് നേരെയുള്ള കടന്നാക്രമണം: വസ്തുതകളും സമീപനങ്ങളും
Siddik Rabiyath
ജയിലറകള്‍ ആളിക്കത്തിച്ച വിചാര വിപ്ലവം
കിരണ്‍ ചന്ദ്രമോഹനന്‍
നിങ്ങൾ ഏത് കോണ്‍ഗ്രസിനെ പറ്റിയാണ് പറയുന്നത് ബലറാം?
Pratheesh Rani Prakash
ദാഹത്തിന്റെ പരിണാമ സിദ്ധാന്തം
സിബില്‍കുമാര്‍ ടി ബി
ആഗ്രഹങ്ങള്‍ സര്‍വ്വേഫലങ്ങളായിരുന്നെങ്കില്‍
Deepu Vijayasenan
66A.
ബിരണ്‍ജിത്ത്
ഹിന്ദുത്വ കാലത്തെ യൂണിഫോം സിവിൽ കോഡ്
ജയറാം ജനാർദ്ദനൻ
Kerala People's Arts Club - Songs of Resistance I
നറോദിന്‍
Kiss of Love
Narodin, Vicky

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