Ebin Gheevarghese’s article profiles Chief Raoni Metuktire, the 93 year old Kayapó leader who has become the most recognizable face of Indigenous climate activism. From his early life in the Xingu forests to the global stage of COP-30, Raoni’s lifelong...
This article is a transcription of a speech delivered by Dr. Prakala Prabhakar at a meeting titled “Stolen Republic”, held in Chennai on August 23, 2025, and organised by Voice of TN under the leadership of Mr. Maruthaiyan. In his...
In this deeply reflective essay, Natasha Tassell-Matamua explores the urgent need to reimagine humanity’s relationship with the natural world. Drawing on Indigenous worldviews, she contrasts the Western notion of “sustainability” with an Indigenous ethic of care, reciprocity, and kinship with...
In the high desert of Ladakh, where the mountains meet the sky, a quiet war is being waged; not with guns, but with laws, bulldozers, and ideologies. Once a symbol of India’s ecological harmony and cultural pluralism, Ladakh has become...
In this article, Jesu Rethinam and Vijayan M.J trace the birth of the first International Fisher Women’s Day from the shores of Kerala to a global movement. Framed within feminist political economy and justice, the article celebrates fisherwomen as leaders...
5 Minutes Read Kerala formally declared that it has eradicated extreme poverty, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan making the announcement at the special State Assembly session on the occasion of ‘Kerala Piravi’ on Saturday (November 1, 2025). The state described the moment as a...
In Why the Subaltern?, A. K. Ravindran challenges the dominant notions of hierarchy, progress, and civilization that define both caste and class society. He argues that the subaltern, the labouring, life-sustaining communities, are not inferior but embody the creative and...
The history of the BJP’s growth is also the story of the self-destruction of backward-class political assertion. From the late 1970s to the 1990s, when anti-caste and reservation-friendly socialist politics gained momentum, this assertion was gradually depoliticized and absorbed into...
Sharmina examines how Narendra Modi’s eleven-year rule has transformed India’s political and social landscape. Using the debate over the RSS-imposed age limit as a starting point, the article explores Modi’s consolidation of power, the erosion of democratic institutions, and the...
In this concluding part, Sunandan K.N. traces how, by the early twentieth century, the Namboothiri reform movement redefined acharam through the lens of modern knowledge. He examines how colonial education reshaped caste hierarchies by transforming ritual authority into claims of...
