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From Common Rooms to Campus Cults: How Ideological Prophetism Captured Mysore Academia
Two classic vantage points—A.N. Murthy Rao’s portrait of the Maharaja College Common Room and B.G.L. Swamy’s field-notes in Mysore Diary—trace how Mysore’s academic culture shifted from collegial mentorship to hardened factionalism. The analysis situates this transition in broader patterns of patronage, social identity dynamics, and an assertive “prophetic mentality” that privileges rupture over deliberation. It…
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Unmasking Bihar’s Jungle Raj: Shahabuddin, Lalu, and the Price of Criminalized Politics
This analysis revisits Bihar’s “Jungle Raj” to examine how political criminalisation took root in the 1990s and why its lessons remain urgent today. Drawing on reporting by Sankarshan Thakur, a PUCL fact-finding bulletin, and intelligence accounts cited by Arun Shourie, it traces the rise of Mohammad Shahabuddin and the enabling environment that blurred lines between…
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Why is the Complete History of the Communists Still not Part of our School Textbooks?
The history of Communism in India is a contentious and complex one. The rise and influence of Communist parties in India have had significant consequences on the country’s political and social landscape. From its early days to the present, Communism has played a prominent role in Indian politics, often polarizing opinions and leading to intense…
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Origins of Khalistani Terrorism in Canada
The rise of Khalistani terrorism in Canada and India is a troubling phenomenon that has had far-reaching consequences for the security and social cohesion of both countries. Advocates of Khalistan, a hypothetical independent Sikh state, have resorted to violence and terror tactics to achieve their political aims, including bombings, assassinations, and targeted killings. The victims…