The Jamhuriyat Road to Taksim Square: Shilpi Suneja
The evening of 3 June, 2013 was the first time I’d experienced the sting of pepper spray. I was walking on Cumhuriyet Caddesi near Taksim Square in central Istanbul, where, for the past…
Syria, on the ground: divided oppositions and an uncertain future for minorities
Roger Owen, Professor of Middle East history at Harvard University authored, among many books, two classics on the history of the region: State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle…
Red Ant Dream – A review
In the Islamic interpretation of dreams, to dream about insects means a weaker people organizing themselves to win something over. Sanhati, May 25, 2013. By Azaan Javaid. Organization is both loved and loathed…
‘Driving Force: Labour Struggles and Violation of Rights in Maruti Suzuki’ A Report from PUDR
What makes the Maruti story extraordinary is certainly not the company and its cars but the extraordinary struggle of its workers that has continued inspite of ruthless repression by the management and the…
A Turkish Spring? Over 1,000 Injured as Anti-Government Protests Spread Outside of Istanbul
Turkey is seeing its biggest wave of protests against the ruling government in many years. Tens of thousands of people rallied across the country Sunday for a third consecutive day of mass demonstrations….
War and Peace in Turkey: From the attack on Syria’s border to the PKK’s retreat
In the same week in which Turkey watched on with hope at the initial phase of the withdrawal of PKK soldiers across the Iraqi border, two bombs explosion went off in the village…
Is Moroccan Exceptionalism Falling Apart?
The so-called Arab Spring, which is an “Arab Revolution” when its spirit of change is considered historically, has unveiled many masks of extremisms, be they religious or secular. The Arab Revolution has shown,…
Why Austerity Kills: From Greece to U.S., Crippling Economic Policies Causing Global Health Crisis
In their new book, “The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills,” economist David Stuckler and physician Sanjay Basu examine the health impacts of austerity across the globe. The authors estimate there have been more…
Language policy in South Africa and the unfounded fears of a Zulu hegemony
Given South Africa’s stated commitment to multilingualism, you might not think that a requirement from one of the country’s universities that its students learn an indigenous African language would raise much alarm. Yet…
Gujarat and The Illusion of Development: Shipra Nigam
This volume of essays is the outcome of a detailed study by a team of contributing research scholars led by Atul Sood. This timely evaluation provides an insight into many crucial questions: What…
