Nationalism

Mar

14

2021

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Silence Please! Developmental Democracy is Parading in India

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialBJP, democracy, JNU, Narendra Modi, Nationalism, NDA Government

Written by : Pratip Chattopadhyay Photo : Shutterstock.com Summary: Democracy in India has seen many twists and turns in its evolution but under the present dispensation of Narendra Modi led NDA government, democracy in India has taken a distinct developmental turn, rhetorically in slogans like ‘development for all, development with all for trust of all’, and practically through reform measures in economic sector. As against the ‘swadeshi’ and ‘nationalist’ sentiment that BJP manifests, the present developmental turn is modelled on neoliberal paradigm of development. Quite naturally because of rootedness of Indians, farmers and commoners stages protest firmly against such developmental…

Let’s Make History: Appropriating Histories to Make Newer Histories

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialBJP, Mizoram, Nationalism, North East India, Pan-Nationalism

Written by : Dr. Anup Shekhar Chakraborty Photo : Shutterstock.com Vexed Histories History writing, its interpretation, and conception of any event as history are markedly selective and involve ‘political’ choices and decisions. The methodology infused into the engagement and resource collection and documentation is strongly marked by familiarising and de-familiarising select events. Thereby the event is perceived through what Foucault calls a gaze. In many senses, the gaze of history which fills our knowledge/information for the common is marked by the statist enterprise (governance, governmentality). In short, history is a political engagement in many senses not merely because of the…

The Pandemic and Dystopia: Complicating the coming of the Virus to India

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialAmit Shah, CAA, Indian federalism, Indian Government, Liberal India, Narendra Modi, Nationalism, NRC

Written by : Dr. Anup Shekhar Chakraborty Photo credit : Shutterstock.com From the Rhythm to Dystopia Pre-COVID 19 India was engaged in altering its Federal rhythm while the world embattled the novel coronavirus. The monolith of exceptional leadership within the BJP came to be questioned with conflicting commands from the PMO and the Home Ministry on issues such as the NRC and Modi’s weakening position in front of the surge of Amit Shah amidst the Delhi riot during Trump’s 24-25 February 2020 visit. The tensions in the altering federal rhythm were furthered by the failure of the opposition parties and…