The Most Potent Weapon in the Hands of the Oppressor is the Mind of the Oppressed

The Most Potent Weapon in the Hands of the Oppressor is the Mind of the Oppressed

The Most Potent Weapon in the Hands of the Oppressor is the Mind of the Oppressed [Bantu Stephen Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, African nationalist and African socialist. He was at the forefront of a grassroots anti-apartheid campaign known as the Black Consciousness Movement during the…

Posture Maketh the Man

Posture Maketh the Man

Posture Maketh the Man No event did more to establish the fame and prestige of the Museum of Natural History than the Gobi Desert expeditions of the 1920s. The discoveries, including the first dinosaur egg, were exciting and abundant, and fit the sheer romance of Hollywood’s most heroic mold. It is still hard to find…

Neo-Liberalism and the Diffusion of Development

Neo-Liberalism and the Diffusion of Development

Neo-Liberalism and the Diffusion of Development The level of economic activity under capitalism is subject to prolonged ebbs and flows. When the economy is on an upswing, this very fact acts as an elixir that emboldens capitalists, who begin to expect that the “good times” are going to continue; this makes them less worried about…

The Narendra Modi Interview That Should Have Been

The Narendra Modi Interview That Should Have Been

The Narendra Modi Interview That Should Have Been Indian democracy has unique ways to yank larger-than-life political leaders to the ground. Indira Gandhi was handed a comprehensive defeat after she unleashed the Emergency on the Indian public. Later, again, her son Rajiv—trapped in the Bofors scandal—brought the Congress tally to a mere 197 in 1989…

Love-Letters Like No Other

Love-Letters Like No Other

Love-Letters Like No Other On January 3, 1831, 176 years ago Savitribai Phule, arguably India’s first woman teacher and forgotten liberator was born. With the first school for girls from different castes that she set up in Bhidewada (Pune), Krantijyoti Savitribai as she is reverentially known by the Indian Bahujan movement, blazed a revolutionary trial….

BEST’s Contracting-Out of Bus Services: A Case Study in Privatisation

BEST’s Contracting-Out of Bus Services: A Case Study in Privatisation

BEST’s Contracting-Out of Bus Services: A Case Study in Privatisation According to the currently dominant ideology, privatisation is identified with greater ‘efficiency’ (the meaning of which is kept vague). Privatisation may take different forms: the handing over of existing public sector assets to private investors; permitting private investors to enter sectors hitherto reserved for the…