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The Uneasy Relationship Between Power, Politics and Law
by Ashish Singh countercurrents.org/2026/10/the-un…
"The Uneasy Relationship Between Power, Politics and Law", by Ashish Singh, examines how political authority and legal institutions have shaped societies from ancient Athens to modern constitutional democracies and international institutions. Through historical examples, including the trial of Socrates, colonial rule, India’s Emergency, apartheid and international conflicts, the article explores the tension between legal validity and moral legitimacy. It examines how laws can reinforce domination but also provide instruments to challenge it. Constitutions, courts and treaties cannot guarantee justice without institutional independence, political accountability and public participation. Ultimately, the legitimacy of power depends on its willingness to accept criticism and protect the rights and dignity of those it governs.
https://x.com/Countercurrents/status/2111724524307972497
The Bogey of Communist-Islamist Machinations
by M A Baby countercurrents.org/2026/10/the-bo…
In "The Bogey of Communist-Islamist Machinations", M.A. Baby challenges the RSS narrative that communists obstructed the Ram Mandir movement through an alleged alliance with Islamists. He argues that communists opposed the demolition of the Babri Masjid while consistently resisting religious fundamentalism, including Muslim fundamentalism and Khalistani separatism. The article examines the role of communists and the RSS in the freedom struggle, Savarkar’s views on the two-nation theory, and the ideological parallels between Savarkar and Jinnah. Baby concludes that majoritarian politics threatens India’s secular democratic foundations and constitutional principles of liberty, equality and fraternity.
https://x.com/Countercurrents/status/2111714150418088425
Khair asserts that the liberal politics of the West will remain dubious unless every form of knowledge is considered worthy. Priyanka Chatterjee reviews "Drown All The Refugees" by Tabish Khair
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In making this case, HH Sankaracharya has cherry picked examples to suit his narrative. Russia and many heavily christian South American countries with many sects became communist. Kerala became communist and it was a very casteist society.
https://x.com/Shiva_Uvacha/status/2111725354775650391
Yes. Regardless of some unpalatable views of Elon Musk, he is the GOAT visionary, genius techie & most successful & daring entrepreneur of this century without a close second.
https://x.com/Shiva_Uvacha/status/2111721099604165008
Right from the start of the second world War, Sri Aurobindo saw Hitler as the greatest evil, and therefore supported the Allies. He believed Subhash Chandra Bose was naive in his alliance with Hitler. If his INA had won, India would have come under German or Japanese rule. But many in the ashram supported Bose.
Nehru was clear, Gandhi ambivalent. Later he condemned Hitler, but his love everyone concept and ahimsa came in the way.
https://x.com/roshendalal/status/2085216488395575588
Moonje is told by Hedgewar to not associate his name with "Hindu Militia" - H.V.Seshadri Dr.Hedgewar: The Epoch Maker. Dr.Moonjay is neither the founder nor moving spirit of RSS - NMML, Moonjay papers/10. You can read Sachin Nandha's Hedgewar to know more.
https://x.com/KalyanVadali/status/2087872004812881974
Sanjeev Sanyal’s Revolutionaries is a paradigm-shifting eye-opener. It shatters the narrow textbook view of India’s freedom struggle & reveals the massive, sophisticated, global revolutionary networks sidelined for decades. Must-read. @sanjeevsanyal @HarperCollinsIN
Heroes forgotten. Families mistreated post-independence. Records preserved by sympathisers. This gripping, deeply researched book is a necessary corrective to conventional history. Highly recommend Revolutionaries. @sanjeevsanyal @HarperCollinsIN
https://x.com/KalyanVadali/status/2086442861973966995
The decisive criterion is whether an organisation’s or cult’s foundational doctrines and practices implicitly or explicitly affirm the foundational Hindu metaphysical first principles based on Veda and remain substantially within Hindu religious framework. On that criterion, Sri Aurobindo, Arya Samaj, etc are within Hindu fold.
https://x.com/MNageswarRaoIPS/status/2097894250340110386
Moral emotions are not natural defaults. Love, truth, respect, guilt, compassion and self-restraint are civilizational achievements, developed over centuries through reason, conscience and moral discipline. My latest essay:
https://x.com/JayantBhandari5/status/2100295150903636214
There was lot of say but needed to put something quickly readable. The idea was to focus on current state in social sciences with some background. I don't think there was any academic pre-conceived notion disconnected from reality. But the idea of Reconstruction is inspired from Yajur-Sama Veda synthesis.
Thanks a lot for the input. It came out of frustration of seeing extremes when integrated balance can be more beneficial. Which culturally and historically more naturally seen in Indic thought, unique in the world.
https://x.com/kannaroy/status/2111489123077050629
Is there any compilation of Sri Aurobindo’s social and political views.
Sir what I was asking was follow up to your tweet that is it that no one has complied his entire social and political view in book/books form. Got the answer. Thanks.
[PDF] ENHANCED SENTIMENT ANALYSIS AND DATA MINING OF POLITICAL LEADERS'POPULARITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS USING AN OPTIMIZED APACHE …
development and Hindutva. We will continue to ensure law and order and build a
Ram Rajya. This victory is for … This victory is for Marathi pride and Hindutva. We …
Hindu Nationalism and Student Politics: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad between 1947 and 1985
foregrounded while on other occasions or even simultaneously the ABVP was
portrayed as a peaceful “organization with a difference” that was nonpolitical and …
Cleansing India: Gandhi, Hindutva and the calypsology of sanitation reforms
projects … of existing literature on Gandhi and Hindutva, which either emphasises
their dissonances or … also underpins Hindutva organicist nationalism and both …
The spectre of the predatory Muslim man: Tracing far-right gendered imaginaries and counter-terrorism policies in the cases of love jihad and the Great Replacement
holistic relationship, we can begin to fully situate the apparatus of activity constituting
far-right activism, politics, and violence by state and non-state actors. A related …
[PDF] 'Wipe away the remaining signs': Hindu nationalist assemblage politics and the Christian other in Goa
and organisations espousing the cause of Hindutva in civil society. … The sangham,
or confluence, of hard neo-Hindutva and governmental Hindutva in Goa is evident in …
The 'threat'of 'conversions': Cultural violence in the 2008 anti-Christian violence in India
demographic, cultural and political ‘threa’t allows … By examining newspaper
archives, civil society and government reports, and documents and speeches of …
The 'Protection'of Women and 'the Vulnerable'in Contemporary India
Dalits and Adivasis) by proponents and sympathizers of the Hindutva ideology, a
cultural nationalist ideology prominent in contemporary India. These communities …
Transnational explorations of anti-gender politics: toward a decentering of the field: Transnational Anti-Gender Politics: Feminist Solidarity in Times of Global Attacks …
not adopt an explicitly anti-gender stance, the militarized and masculinized
nationalism that underlies the project “relies heavily on procreative (hetero)sexuality” …
Communal Geographies: Before and Beyond Partition in South Asia
communal identity and explores the intricate relationship between community and
religion on the one hand, and space or geography on the other. Reconsidering the …
[PDF] Institutional Discourse on Rohingya in India: a Case of Othering
BJP party … divide the people on communal lines for their Hindutva petty politics
and Hindutva agenda.… to divide the people on communal lines for their Hindutva …
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