Feudalism

The course of historical injustice and feudal-led colonisation in Kalahandi remains uncorrected through a structural exclusion of the marginalised.

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The Work of Theory

Vol. 51, Issue No. 37, 10 Sep, 2016

Prathama Banerjee, Aditya Nigam, Rakesh Pandey

Tackling the question of how to recalibrate the relationship between history and theory in our favour without falling into the trap of either an unqualified universalism or a naÃ¯ve historicism, this article proposes that we move from the position of being a critic of Western theory to that of being a composer and assembler of a new theory from different sources and different histories.

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Fifty Five Years of a Feudal Democracy

Vol. 37, Issue No. 33, 17 Aug, 2002

A V Rajwade

The 55th anniversary of independence day should be an occasion to rejoice and celebrate. But is it? A brief perspective on where we stand in the comity of nations; what is happening in the country in terms of our governance, our mental attitude and stances.

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Calcutta Diary

Vol. 36, Issue No. 43, 27 Oct, 2001

AM

In the fiftieth year since the commencement of the republican Constitution, India is safely re-established as an impeccable feudal realm. The Gwalior funeral merely confirmed the reality of Indian democracy doubling up as a feudal oligarchy.