Left Out

As we have just celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8th, we take this opportunity to suggest the book Feminism for the 99% by Nancy Fraser and others. This book is a manifesto of socialist feminism.

In this video, we explain Isaiah Berlin's two concepts of liberty using the example of Irani women.

Time when Israel wanted to attack Pakistani nuclear facilities.

Book of the week | Tariq Ali | You can't please all.

Story of Mohajir Nationalism | Questioning Migrants | Tahir Naqvi|

In this short, we recommend a book by Tahir Naqvi which maps the story of Mohajir Nationalism in Pakistan.

In Search of Lost Glory | Book of the Week | Asma Faiz | Story of Sindhi Nationalism.

In this short, we recommend 'In Search of Lost Glory', a book by Asma Faiz. Asma Faiz covers the story of Sindhi Nationalism, mapping its origin in the colonial period. She inquires into why PPP prevails in the electoral politics of Sindhi despite there being other nationalist parties in Sindh.

Muslims against the Muslim League | Book of the week | Edited by Ali Usman Qasmi

In this short, we recommend a book edited by Ali Usman Qasmi, a Pakistani historian. The book, Muslims Against the Muslim League, discusses competing ideas about the future of Muslim Indian states. It maps the politics and political ideas of the forces that opposed the All India Muslim League. These forces included the Khudai Khidmatgars, the Unionist Party of Punjab, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, Jamaat-e-Islami, and others.

Why Ambedkar Said Caste Cannot Be Reformed | Annihilation of Caste (Urdu/Hindi)

In this video, we discuss the revolutionary work of Dr B R Ambedkar: Annihilation of caste. We discuss the context of the work, Preface to the book by Arundhati Roy, main arguments of the book, the solution Dr Ambedkar suggests and the reception and relevance of the work.

The Indian Ideology | Book of the week | Perry Anderson

In this video, we recommend an important work on Indian politics and ideology. in this work, Anderson postulates some important arguments. Anderson believes Congress and especially Nehru were responsible for the partition of the subcontinent. He also makes a radical observation regarding the Indian democracy: the caste system is what sustains the Indian democracy.

Annihilation of caste | Dr B. R. Ambedkar | Book of the week

Book of the week | Arundhati Roy | Mother Mary Comes To Me

In this memoir, Roy shares the story of her love-hate relationship with her mother, her intellectual trajectory and living an independent life in India.