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Sunday Night Smackdown: Anarchists Don’t Get It

Sunday Night Smackdown: Anarchists Don’t Get It

Since someone asked me to articulate why I routinely make fun of anarchists in general(and not just idiotic anarcho-capitalists), I’ll take…
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Lefty Technocrat
A Dastarkhwan (Table-Spread) of Dreams

A Dastarkhwan (Table-Spread) of Dreams

A young Abeeda plays cheerfully with her colleagues as she enjoys a rare break in the middle of a rather lazy Saturday. She is barely…
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DIPYAMAN CHAKRABARTI
On the EU Referendum (or “Brexit”)

On the EU Referendum (or “Brexit”)

A referendum is always a good way for charged sections of the populace to express their sentiments and emotions. That a democracy in the…
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Sharan Banerjee
Reflections on Modi@365: Perspectives on Economic Expectations

Reflections on Modi@365: Perspectives on Economic Expectations

(This was originally published on 25th May, 2016. The basic strands of argumentation cover the essence of Fiscal Prudence in India as…
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Sharan Banerjee
Alarmism, Jadugoda and India’s Nuclear Programme

Alarmism, Jadugoda and India’s Nuclear Programme

I’m a huge fan of Scroll.in- it’s a publication that’s almost uniformly excellent. Kumar Sundaram’s writings however, aren’t.
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Lefty Technocrat
A Brief Introduction to Privilege, Historical Oppression, Social Justice and the Modi-Trump Wave

A Brief Introduction to Privilege, Historical Oppression, Social Ju...

This interview between a 22 year-old Donald Trump supporter and a journalist at The Atlantic, illuminates a crucial part of why Trump in…
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Souradeep Sengupta
Xenophobic Nativism is growing within the Indian Middle-Class . . . . and it’s SCARY!

Xenophobic Nativism is growing within the Indian Middle-Class . . ....

There is a disturbing trend growing within the Indian elite middle class circles. They are becoming more and more xenophobic and nativist…
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DIPYAMAN CHAKRABARTI
The Argument against Didi That People Should Be Making

The Argument against Didi That People Should Be Making

This election season seems to have brought out an elitist resentment against the brand of politics that Mamata Banerjee represents in the…
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DIPYAMAN CHAKRABARTI
Liberal Intellectual Terrorism… Explained

Liberal Intellectual Terrorism… Explained

Vivek Agnihotri has launched a personal crusade of sorts against the ‘intolerant intellectual terrorists’ populating our colleges and…
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Lefty Technocrat
Logic in a Traffic Jam

Logic in a Traffic Jam

There is a 13 minute long video of a speech made by Vivek Agnihotri, the director of the film “Buddha in a Traffic Jam”. It was made this…
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Sharan Banerjee
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