Category: Youth Speak

  • Egg the Tomatino freaks!

    Tomatinoe Farce While hundreds of millions of Indians are left to starve every year and denied access to basic services like Public Distribution System (PDS) which would provide them subsidized food, a section of the Indian super rich and their spoilt brats have reached another level of extreme self indulgence. Inspired by a latest Bollywood…

  • STOP JAITAPUR NUCLEAR PROJECT!

    The scandalous land acquisition process robbing people of their livelihoods, destroying the environment and benefiting corporations for setting up Special Economic Zones – SEZ’s (or Special Exploitation Zones?), is today being met by resistance everywhere throughout India. In the case of Jaitapur too, a mass movement of the people has emerged against a project that…

  • It’s Time

    American Imperialist intentions stand exposed yet again at the cost of revealing the true character of Indian ruling class. The recent cable expose by the whistle blower site – Wikileaks (published by the Hindu) has truly exposed the true nature of bourgeoisie democracy in India & who really runs the show behind the scenes. Every…

  • Bike for Binayak

    A Cycle rally in Bangalore demanding the immediate release of Dr Binayak Sen. After a decade into the 21stcentury, in India we are still ruled and governed by archaic laws, which were parting “gifts” from our colonial masters. While the entire civil laws need a fresh look and a democratic revamp, it is the law…

  • ’2000 year old caste system is still in our hearts’: Harsh Mander

    3rd Dec. 2010: Harsh Mander, former IAS officer, writer and activist delivered a talk on ‘Building a just, secular, peaceful and humane society in India.’ The talk was organized at Indian social Institute, Bangalore on the occasion of ‘Fifth Henry Volken Memorial Lecture.’ “India is an extraordinary country; a country hard to understand. It has…

  • Poem: Him, and Our Duty

    A brief story- About a journey to glory. Of an humble and unattended birth, Transcends into a model for the entire earth. A fight against poverty, A conflict to depose tyranny, A struggle for the common man, Opposed by the notorious, rich and the powerful clan. The blood demanded food and freedom. The oppressed voiced…

  • The Kashmir I saw

    Gabby Dev Ionly came to Kashmir few months ago from Chennai to do a media course. This is my first visit to Kashmir, so naturally, the picture I had of Kashmir in my mind, prior to it, was one that was shaped by the usual portrayals of Kashmir carried on by the mainstream media, across…

  • Darwin: The Origin of Species

    Charles Darwin’s ‘The Origin of Species’, first published in 1859, was one of the most influential works of the last Millennium. It is also one of the most controversial works ever produced. Hence it becomes imperative to understand the politics behind those controversies and most importantly the theory behind those controversies, which had a profound…