Posted on 06/12/2022 Abstract In the course of confronting members of the Hindutvavadins’ ruling party in India, we have faced a great problem while conversing with the members of the Sangh Parivar. We were confused with a paradox: The Hindutvavadins do not know what Hindutva is. What are the distinctive features of the Hindutva asContinue reading “DEVIL’S ADVOCACY: SABOTAGING HINDUTVA”
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CONVERGENCE TO PRAXIS
This journal tries to demolish the administrative boundaries of academic disciplinary technology by amalgamating all the so-called “subjects” by condemning the objectification, subjectification and subjection.
It strives to reach the vanishing point of theory and praxis. Thus, instead of so-called “inter-disciplinary studies”, it emphasizes on the convergence of earthian knowledges and praxiologies. The journal attempts to achieve this end by means of dialogue without manipulation in the context of a participatory, local-resource based, low-energy efficient, small-scale, self-reliant, partyless, moneyless, decentralized democracy. As this journal is against the academiocratic elitism and patron-client relationship, it maintains the Copyleft Writers’ Movement and follows the Creative Commons License.
THE DURGA VAHINI: A STUDY OF WOMEN IN HINDUTVA
Posted on 12/12/2022 License: CC BY 4.0 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19382.57920 ABSTRACT This paper-letter strives to sarcastically subvert the perception of the second sex by the members of the Hindutva camp by applying the Brechtian theatrical method as well as the Derridian Militant Deconstruction. The paper-letter specifically focuses on the Durga Vahini, the female wing of theContinue reading “THE DURGA VAHINI: A STUDY OF WOMEN IN HINDUTVA”
Home Divided: Reconciling the polemic between Hon. Modi and Amit Shah on Akhand Hindu Bharat’s Plurilingualism and Monolingualism: a letter to the President of India
Posted on 02/12/2022 LICENSE: CC BY 4.0 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26113.12640 To The Honourable President, The Republic of India “I consider all our languages as national languages. They are equally our national heritage. Hindi is one among them which, by virtue of its countrywide usage, has been adopted as the State Language. It will be wrong toContinue reading “Home Divided: Reconciling the polemic between Hon. Modi and Amit Shah on Akhand Hindu Bharat’s Plurilingualism and Monolingualism: a letter to the President of India”
ENVIRONMENTALISM: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES (ECO-ECONOMICS OR GEO-SOCIOLOGY?)
Posted on 27/11/2022 Abstract The following papers, mainly written in Bangla, concentrate on the roles of social science and humanities in the domain of specialized environmental science. If the disasters caused by climate change are believed to be inevitable fact, as predicted by some of the scientists, what shall be done by the social “engineers”Continue reading “ENVIRONMENTALISM: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES (ECO-ECONOMICS OR GEO-SOCIOLOGY?)”
Requesting for the inclusion of the climate agenda in the Bharat Jodo Yatra: a letter to Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi
Posted on 20/11/2022 To Mr. Rahul Gandhi To Mrs. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Sub: Requesting for the inclusion of the climate agenda in the Bharat Jodo Yatra Dear Rahul & Priyanka, We, the inhabitants of the planet earth, are encountering two major problems. We would like to point out those problems in the context of the #Bharat_Jodo_Yatra, withContinue reading “Requesting for the inclusion of the climate agenda in the Bharat Jodo Yatra: a letter to Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi”
Why are Godi Media reluctant to report on the biggest financial scam: DHFL?
Posted on 08/11/2022 Updated on 18/02/2023 I. What do we mean by “Godi Media”? Godi media (Hindi pronunciation: [ɡoːdiː]; lit. ’media sitting on lap’; idiomatic equivalent: ‘lapdog media’;) is a pejorative term coined and popularized by NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar, the face of fourth and fifth pillars of democracy in India at present, for the sensationalist and biased Indian print and TV news media, which supportsContinue reading “Why are Godi Media reluctant to report on the biggest financial scam: DHFL?”
Why do we need the Buddha beyond the Sangh?
Posted on 31/10/2022 Gautama Buddha (563 BCE—483 BCE) On 14 October 1956, Ambedkar administering 22 vows after renouncing Hinduism at Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur Dedicated to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar… “For in India, Bhakti or what may be called the path of devotion or hero-worship, plays a part in its politics unequalled in magnitude by the partContinue reading “Why do we need the Buddha beyond the Sangh?”
How Savage Capitalism works in India
Posted on 23/10/2022 A CASE STUDY OF THE DHFL SCAM · Competing capitalists: HDFC, Reliance Nippon vs Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) · Mr. Ajay Piramal⤡, relative of politically favoured tycoon Mr. Mukesh Ambani, has got the ownership of DHFL (?) by committing the contempt of court, viz., ignoring NCLT First order and NCLAT Second Order⤡. · Mr. Piramal’sContinue reading “How Savage Capitalism works in India”
Playing with the Same Card
License: CC BY 4.0 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.33802.34247 The video-collage is a scathing audiovisual critique of the existing political parties in India. It highlights the fact that all the national parties in India behave in the same manner when it comes to religion. For garnering votes (in other words, for enriching the vote-bank), the religious or communal cardContinue reading “Playing with the Same Card”
VIOLENCE AND POLITICS: A DIALOGUE WITH SUJATA BHADRA
Posted on 10/09/2022 A dialogue between Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay and Sujata Bhadra on the questions of NOTA, Right to Recall, political violence, proportional representation, partyless democracy and several other issues within the Indian political area. This discussion in Bangla, as part of the Sunday Indian Show, Kolkata TV in 2009, mainly emphasizes on the doctrines ofContinue reading “VIOLENCE AND POLITICS: A DIALOGUE WITH SUJATA BHADRA”
Once in a Blue Moon Academia 